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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1408
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT
Introduced by:
(GOS)
AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY OF STATE AGENCY RESPONSE
TIMES TO FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUESTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Secretary of the Office of Policy 1
and Management shall conduct a study of the response times of state 2
agencies to requests for public records made under the Freedom of 3
Information Act, as defined in section 1-200 of the general statutes. Not 4
later than February 15, 2026, the secretary shall submit a report of the 5
findings of such study, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-6
4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General 7
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government 8
oversight. Such report shall include a summary of average state agency 9
response times, information about when unreasonable response times 10
were the basis of a complaint filed with the Freedom of Information 11
Commission and any recommended legislation to address any findings 12
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
GOS Joint Favorable