Connecticut SB 325: AN ACT PROHIBITING THE DISCLOSURE OF THE RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE CONCERNING MASS REQUESTS UNDER THE ACT.

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General Assembly  
Substitute Bill No. 325  
February Session, 2026 
 
 
 
 
 
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE DISCLOSURE OF THE RESIDENTIAL 
ADDRESS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES UNDER THE 
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND ESTABLISHING A TASK 
FORCE CONCERNING MASS REQUESTS UNDER THE 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repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2 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, 2026): 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 

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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 school employee, as defined in section 10-222aa. 31 
Sec.  2.  (Effective  from  passage)  (a)  There  is  established  a  task  force  to 32 
study  the  issue  of  individuals  using  artificial  intelligence  to  develop 33 
mass requests of information under the Freedom of Information Act, as 34 
defined  in section  1-200  of  the  general  statutes,  and  whether  any 35 
changes in law are necessary to assist public agencies in handling such 36 
requests. 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  is  a  representative  of  an  organization  representing 40 

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municipalities  and  one  of  whom  has  expertise  in  open  government 41 
issues; 42 
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one of 43 
whom is an attorney in the state and one of whom is a journalist; 44 
(3)   One   appointed   by   the   majority   leader   of   the   House   of 45 
Representatives, who has expertise in artificial intelligence; 46 
(4)  One  appointed  by  the  majority  leader  of  the  Senate,  who  is  a 47 
member of a collective bargaining organization representing teachers; 48 
(5)   One   appointed   by   the   minority   leader   of   the   House   of 49 
Representatives, who is a representative of an organization representing 50 
small towns; 51 
(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; 52 
(7)  The  Secretary  of  the  Office  of  Policy  and  Management,  or  the 53 
secretary's designee; 54 
(8)    The    executive    director    of    the    Freedom    of    Information 55 
Commission, or the executive director's designee; 56 
(9) The Chief Information Officer, or a designee; and 57 
(10) The Chief Court Administrator, or a designee. 58 
(c)  Any  member  of  the  task  force  appointed  under  subdivision  (1), 59 
(2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of subsection (b) of this section may be a member 60 
of the General Assembly. 61 
(d) All initial appointments to the task force shall be made not later 62 
than thirty days after the effective date of this section. Any vacancy shall 63 
be filled by the appointing authority. 64 
(e) The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro 65 
tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from 66 
among the members of the task force. Such chairpersons shall schedule 67 

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the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held not later than sixty 68 
days after the effective date of this section. 69 
(f)  The  administrative  staff  of  the  joint  standing  comm