Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01209 Compare Versions

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5		-	General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1209
	4	+	LCO No. 4307 1 of 3
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	6	+	General Assembly Committee Bill No. 1209
6	7		January Session, 2025
	8	+	LCO No. 4307
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	11	+	Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT
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	14	+	Introduced by:
	15	+	(GOS)
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12	19		AN ACT PROHIBITING THE DISCLOSURE OF THE RESIDENTIAL
13	20		ADDRESS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS UNDER THE FREEDOM
14		-	OF INFORMATION ACT AND ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO
15		-	STUDY RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS DISCLOSURE EXEMPTIONS
16		-	UNDER SAID ACT.
	21	+	OF INFORMATION ACT.
17	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
18	23		Assembly convened:
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20	25		Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 1-217 of the general statutes is 1
21	26		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2
22	27		1, 2025): 3
23	28		(a) No public agency may disclose, under the Freedom of Information 4
24	29		Act, from its personnel, medical or similar files, the residential address 5
25	30		of any of the following persons employed by such public agency: 6
26	31		(1) A federal court judge, federal court magistrate, judge of the 7
27	32		Superior Court, Appellate Court or Supreme Court of the state, or 8
28	33		family support magistrate; 9
29	34		(2) A sworn member of a municipal police department, a sworn 10
30	35		member of the Division of State Police within the Department of 11
31	36		Emergency Services and Public Protection or a sworn law enforcement 12
32	37		officer within the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection; 13
33		-	~~(3) An employee of the Department of Correction; 14 Substitute~~ Bill No. 1209
	38	+	Committee Bill No. 1209
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	41	+	LCO No. 4307 2 of 3
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	43	+	(3) An employee of the Department of Correction; 14
38	44		(4) An attorney-at-law who represents or has represented the state in 15
39	45		a criminal prosecution; 16
40	46		(5) An attorney-at-law who is or has been employed by the Division 17
41	47		of Public Defender Services or a social worker who is employed by the 18
42	48		Division of Public Defender Services; 19
43	49		(6) An inspector employed by the Division of Criminal Justice; 20
44	50		(7) A firefighter; 21
45	51		(8) An employee of the Department of Children and Families; 22
46	52		(9) A member or employee of the Board of Pardons and Paroles; 23
47	53		(10) An employee of the judicial branch; 24
48	54		(11) An employee of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction 25
49	55		Services who provides direct care to patients; 26
50	56		(12) A member or employee of the Commission on Human Rights 27
51	57		and Opportunities; [or] 28
52	58		(13) A state marshal appointed by the State Marshal Commission 29
53	59		pursuant to section 6-38b; or 30
54	60		(14) A teacher employed by a local or regional board of education. 31
55		-	Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force to 32
56		-	study and make recommendations regarding the current exemption 33
57		-	from disclosure of certain public employee residential addresses under 34
58		-	section 1-217 of the general statutes, as amended by this act. The task 35
59		-	force shall consider whether such exemption should be expanded to 36
60		-	include additional employees. 37
61		-	(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 38
62		-	(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, 39
63		-	one of whom represents town clerks and one of whom represents 40 Substitute Bill No. 1209
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68		-	registrars of voters; 41
69		-	(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one of 42
70		-	whom represents educators in the state; 43
71		-	(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 44
72		-	Representatives, who represents journalists in the state; 45
73		-	(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, who 46
74		-	represents an organization that supports efforts to protect civil liberties; 47
75		-	(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 48
76		-	Representatives, who represents municipalities; 49
77		-	(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, who 50
78		-	represents an organization interested in issues related to the Freedom of 51
79		-	Information Act, as defined in section 1-200 of the general statutes; 52
80		-	(7) The executive director of the Freedom of Information 53
81		-	Commission, or a designee; 54
82		-	(8) The Attorney General, or a designee; 55
83		-	(9) The Secretary of the State, or a designee; 56
84		-	(10) The Commissioner of Administrative Services, or a designee; 57
85		-	(11) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, 58
86		-	or a designee; and 59
87		-	(12) The Chief Court Administrator, or a designee. 60
88		-	(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 61
89		-	(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 62
90		-	of the General Assembly. 63
91		-	(d) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 64
92		-	than August 1, 2025. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing 65
93		-	authority. 66 Substitute Bill No. 1209
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98		-	(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 67
99		-	tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from 68
100		-	among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule 69
101		-	the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than 70
102		-	October 1, 2025. 71
103		-	(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 72
104		-	General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government 73
105		-	oversight shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 74
106		-	(g) Not later than February 1, 2026, the task force shall submit a report 75
107		-	on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of 76
108		-	the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 77
109		-	government oversight, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-78
110		-	4a of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that 79
111		-	it submits such report or February 1, 2026, whichever is later. 80
112	61		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
113	62		sections:
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115	64		Section 1 October 1, 2025 1-217(a)
116		-	Sec. 2 from passage New section
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118		-	GOS Joint Favorable Subst.
	66	+	Statement of Purpose:
	67	+	To prohibit disclosure of the residential address of public school
	68	+	teachers under the Freedom of Information Act.
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	70	+	Committee Bill No. 1209
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	73	+	LCO No. 4307 3 of 3
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	75	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	76	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	77	+	underlined.]
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	79	+	Co-Sponsors: SEN. GADKAR-WILCOX, 22nd Dist.
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	81	+	S.B. 1209
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