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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1209
January Session, 2025
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE DISCLOSURE OF THE RESIDENTIAL
ADDRESS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS UNDER THE FREEDOM
OF INFORMATION ACT AND ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE TO
STUDY RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS DISCLOSURE EXEMPTIONS
UNDER SAID 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repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2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
(3) An employee of the Department of Correction; 14 Substitute Bill No. 1209
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(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
Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force to 32
study and make recommendations regarding the current exemption 33
from disclosure of certain public employee residential addresses under 34
section 1-217 of the general statutes, as amended by this act. The task 35
force shall consider whether such exemption should be expanded to 36
include additional employees. 37
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members: 38
(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, 39
one of whom represents town clerks and one of whom represents 40 Substitute Bill No. 1209
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registrars of voters; 41
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one of 42
whom represents educators in the state; 43
(3) One appointed by the majority leader of the House of 44
Representatives, who represents journalists in the state; 45
(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, who 46
represents an organization that supports efforts to protect civil liberties; 47
(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of 48
Representatives, who represents municipalities; 49
(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, who 50
represents an organization interested in issues related to the Freedom of 51
Information Act, as defined in section 1-200 of the general statutes; 52
(7) The executive director of the Freedom of Information 53
Commission, or a designee; 54
(8) The Attorney General, or a designee; 55
(9) The Secretary of the State, or a designee; 56
(10) The Commissioner of Administrative Services, or a designee; 57
(11) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, 58
or a designee; and 59
(12) The Chief Court Administrator, or a designee. 60
(c) Any member of the task force appointed under subdivision (1), 61
(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 62
of the General Assembly. 63
(d) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 64
than August 1, 2025. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing 65
authority. 66 Substitute Bill No. 1209
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(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 67
tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from 68
among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule 69
the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than 70
October 1, 2025. 71
(f) The administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the 72
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government 73
oversight shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 74
(g) Not later than February 1, 2026, the task force shall submit a report 75
on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of 76
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 77
government oversight, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-78
4a of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that 79
it submits such report or February 1, 2026, whichever is later. 80
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2025 1-217(a)
Sec. 2 from passage New section
GOS Joint Favorable Subst.