Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05947 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/18/2017

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5947
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 2189
 *02189*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5947 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 2189

*02189*

Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS 

Introduced by:

REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist.

AN ACT PROTECTING THE IDENTITY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to withhold from public disclosure the voter registration information of any elector who (1) lives in the same dwelling unit as any law enforcement officer residing in the town served by such officer, and (2) shares the same last name with such officer. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To suppress the publication of information that may potentially place law enforcement families at risk of harm.