Connecticut HB 5555: AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND SERVICE AGREEMENTS.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5555
February Session, 2026

AN ACT EXPANDING THE ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM
OF THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 54-240 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 2
As used in this chapter: 3
(1) "Address confidentiality program" or "program" means the 4
program established pursuant to this chapter; 5
(2) "Agency" has the same meaning as "public agency" or "agency", as 6
provided in section 1-200; 7
(3) "Application assistant" means a person authorized by the 8
Secretary of the State to assist applicants in the completion of 9
applications for program participation; 10
(4) "Authorized personnel" means an employee in the office of the 11
Secretary of the State who has been designated by the Secretary of the 12
State, or an employee of an agency who has been designated by the chief 13
executive officer of such agency, to process and have access to records 14
pertaining to a program participant, including, but not limited to, voter 15
registration applications, voting records and marriage records; 16

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(5) "Certification card" means a card issued by the Secretary of the 17
State pursuant to section 54-240d; 18
(6) "Confidential address" means a program participant's address or 19
addresses as listed on such participant's application for program 20
participation that are not to be disclosed, including such participant's 21
residential address in this state and work and school addresses in this 22
state, if any; 23
(7) "Family violence" has the same meaning as provided in section 24
46b-38a; 25
(8) "Gender-affirming health care services" has the same meaning as 26
provided in section 52-571m; 27
[(8)] (9) "Injury or risk of injury to a child" means any act or conduct 28
that constitutes a violation of section 53-21; 29
[(9)] (10) "Kidnapping" means any act that constitutes a violation of 30
section 53a-92, 53a-92a, 53a-94 or 53a-94a; 31
[(10)] (11) "Law enforcement agency" means the office of the Attorney 32
General, the office of the Chief State's Attorney, the Division of State 33
Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public 34
Protection or any municipal police department; 35
[(11)] (12) "Marriage records" means an application for a marriage 36
license, an issued marriage license, a license certificate or other 37
documents related thereto; 38
[(12)] (13) "Program address" means the post office box number and 39
fictitious street address assigned to a program participant by the 40
Secretary of the State; 41
[(13)] (14) "Program participant" or "participant" means any person 42
certified by the Secretary of the State to participate in the address 43
confidentiality program; 44

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[(14)] (15) "Record" has the same meaning as "public records or files" 45
as provided in section 1-200; 46
(16) "Reproductive health care services" has the same meaning as 47
provided in section 52-571m; 48
[(15)] (17) "Sexual assault" means any act that constitutes a violation 49
of section 53a-70b of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to 50
January 1, 2019, or section 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-71, 53a-72a, 53a-72b or 51
53a-73a; 52
[(16)] (18) "Stalking" means any act that constitutes a violation of 53
section 53a-181c, 53a-181d or 53a-181e; and 54
[(17)] (19) "Trafficking in persons" means any act that constitutes a 55
violation of section 53a-192a. 56
Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 54-240a of the general statutes is 57
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 58
1, 2026): 59
(a) There shall be an address confidentiality program established in 60
the office of the Secretary of the State to provide a substitute mailing 61
address for any person who wishes to keep such person's residential 62
address confidential because of safety concerns and: 63
(1) [has] Has been a victim of (A) family violence, (B) injury or risk of 64
injury to a child, (C) kidnapping, (D) sexual assault, (E) stalking, (F) 65
trafficking in persons, or (G) child abuse or neglect, where such abuse 66
or neglect was substantiated by the Department of Children and 67
Families and was the basis for the issuance of a restraining order under 68
section 46b-15 or civil protection order under section 46b-16a; [, or] 69
(2) [a termination of parental rights was granted] The safety concerns 70
relate to another person whose parental rights were terminated in a 71
proceeding pursuant to section 45a-717 or 46b-129; or 72
(3) Is a person engaged in the provision, facilitation or promotion of 73

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reproductive health care services or gender-affirming health care 74
services. 75
Sec. 3. Section 54-240b of the general statutes is repealed and the 76
following is substituted in lieu