The Connecticut legislature enacted a new bill that will prohibit restrictive deed covenants based on race and allow property owners to remove such racist language from their property records, Connecticut House Democrats announced on Tuesday. The new bipartisan measure, co-sponsored by 20 Democrat and 19 Republican lawmakers, was unanimously passed by both chambers of the Connecticut legislature. The bill targets some land records in Connecticut dating back to the early to mid-19th century that contain provisions restricting ownership and use of the property to people of the white race only. “Although such covenants are unconstitutional, the legislature officially moved to void the language in state statute and provide a process for people to have it removed from their land records,” House Democrats said in a statement. The new bill, signed into law in July by Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, a Democrat, “declares any racially restrictive covenant attached to land records on …
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