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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 1209
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT
Introduced by:
(GOS)
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE DISCLOSURE OF THE RESIDENTIAL
ADDRESS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS UNDER THE FREEDOM
OF INFORMATION ACT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 1-217 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2
1, 2025): 3
(a) No public agency may disclose, under the Freedom of Information 4
Act, from its personnel, medical or similar files, the residential address 5
of any of the following persons employed by such public agency: 6
(1) A federal court judge, federal court magistrate, judge of the 7
Superior Court, Appellate Court or Supreme Court of the state, or 8
family support magistrate; 9
(2) A sworn member of a municipal police department, a sworn 10
member of the Division of State Police within the Department of 11
Emergency Services and Public Protection or a sworn law enforcement 12
officer within the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection; 13
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(3) An employee of the Department of Correction; 14
(4) An attorney-at-law who represents or has represented the state in 15
a criminal prosecution; 16
(5) An attorney-at-law who is or has been employed by the Division 17
of Public Defender Services or a social worker who is employed by the 18
Division of Public Defender Services; 19
(6) An inspector employed by the Division of Criminal Justice; 20
(7) A firefighter; 21
(8) An employee of the Department of Children and Families; 22
(9) A member or employee of the Board of Pardons and Paroles; 23
(10) An employee of the judicial branch; 24
(11) An employee of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction 25
Services who provides direct care to patients; 26
(12) A member or employee of the Commission on Human Rights 27
and Opportunities; [or] 28
(13) A state marshal appointed by the State Marshal Commission 29
pursuant to section 6-38b; or 30
(14) A teacher employed by a local or regional board of education. 31
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2025 1-217(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit disclosure of the residential address of public school
teachers under the Freedom of Information Act.
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[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. GADKAR-WILCOX, 22nd Dist.
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