LCO 3961 1 of 2 General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1226 January Session, 2025 LCO No. 3961 Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS Introduced by: (GAE) AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN EXEMPTION FROM DISCLOSURE FOR CERTAIN HIGHER EDUCATION RECORDS PERTAINING TO TEACHING OR RESEARCH UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 1-210 of the general statutes is 1 amended by adding subdivision (29) as follows (Effective July 1, 2025): 2 (NEW) (29) Records maintained or kept on file by or for the faculty 3 or staff of a public institution of higher education arising out of teaching 4 or research on medical, artistic, scientific, legal or other scholarly issues, 5 including any such records of legal clinics or centers, but excluding any 6 financial records of such institution. 7 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 July 1, 2025 1-210(b)(29) Raised Bill No. 1226 LCO 3961 2 of 2 GAE Joint Favorable