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.

Senate
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General Assembly File No. 292
February Session, 2026 Substitute Senate Bill No. 325

Senate, April 1, 2026

The Committee on Government Oversight reported through
SEN. GADKAR-WILCOX of the 22nd Dist., Chairperson of the
Committee on the part of the Senate, that the substitute bill
ought to pass.

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repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2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
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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
(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
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(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
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
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(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
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 committee of the 70
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government 71
oversight shall serve as administrative staff of the task force. 72
(g) Not later than January 1, 2027, the task force shall submit a report 73
on its findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of 74
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 75
government oversight, in accordance with the provisions of section 11 -76
4a of the general statutes. The task force shall terminate on the date that 77
it submits such report or January 1, 2027, whichever is later. 78
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 October 1, 2026 1-217(a)
Sec. 2 from passage New section

GOS Joint Favorable Subst.

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The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of
the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not
represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. In general,
fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional
knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final
products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.

OFA Fiscal Note

State Impact: None
Municipal Impact: None
Explanation
The bill expands an existing prohibition on disclosure of residential
addresses under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to include
school employees, empowers school employees to request address
confidentiality from public agencies , and establishes a task force to
study the use of artificial intelligence in relation to FOIA. These changes
result in no fiscal impact to the state or municipalities. The task force has
the expertise to implement the bill's provisions.
The Out Years
State Impact: None
Municipal Impact: None

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OLR Bill Analysis
sSB 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.

SUMMARY
This bill adds school employees to the list of individuals covered by
the Freedom of Information Act’s (FOIA) limitation on a public agency
disclosing home addresses (see BACKGROUND). In doing so, it:
1. prohibits an employing public agency from disclosing, under
FOIA, a school employee’s home address from the public
agency’s personnel, medical, or similar files and
2. allows the school employees to request address confidentiality
from other public agencies (and from their public agency
employer with respect to records besides those described above)
by following existing law’s procedures for other covered
individuals, including by submitting to the agency a written
request with his or her business address (see BACKGROUND).
The bill’s provisions apply to school employees who are teachers,
substitute teachers, administrators, school superintendents, school
counselors, school psychologists, social workers, school nurses,
physicians, paraeducators, or coaches employed by a local or regional
board of education (BOE), or anyone who, in the performance of his or
her duties, has regular contact with students and provides services to or
on behalf of students enrolled in a public school, under a contract with
a BOE.
Additionally, the bill establishes a task force to study the use of
artificial intelligence to make mass FOIA requests and whether changes
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in law are needed to assist public agencies with these requests. The task
force must report its findings and recommendations to the Government
Oversight Committee by January 1, 2027. The task force ends on that
date or when it submits the report, whichever is later.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2026, except the provision establishing
the task force is effective upon passage.
TASK FORCE MEMBERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION
Under the bill, the task force has the following four ex officio
members, or their designees: the Freedom of Information Commission’s
executive director, Office of Policy and Management secretary, chief
information officer, and chief court administrator. The task force also
includes the eight appointed members shown in the table below.
Table: Appointed Task Force Members
Appointing Authority Number of
Appointments Required Qualifications
House speaker 2
• Represents an organization
representing municipalities
• Expertise in open government issues
Senate president pro
tempore 2 • An attorney
• A journalist
House majority leader 1 • Expertise in artificial intelligence
Senate majority leader 1 • Member of a collective bargaining
organization representing teachers
House minority leader 1 • Represents an organization
representing small towns
Senate minority leader 1 • Unspecified

Under the bill, all initial appointments must be made within 30 days
of the bill’s passage, and the appointed task force members may be
legislators. Appointing authorities must fill any vacancies. The House
speaker and Senate president pro tempore must pick the task force’s
chairpersons from among its members. The chairpersons must schedule
and hold the first meeting within 60 days of the bill’s passage. The
Government Oversight Committee’s administrative staff must serve as
the task force’s administrative staff.
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BACKGROUND
Covered Individuals
Under existing law, the following public officials and employees are
covered by FOIA’s home address disclosure limitation:
1. federal judges and magistrates, Connecticut judges and family
support magistrates, judicial branch employees, prosecutors,
public defenders, public defender social workers, and Division of
Criminal Justice inspectors;
2. firefighters, state marshals, and police officers;
3. Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services employees
who provide direct patient care, and employees of the
departments of Correction and Children and Families; and
4. members and employees of the Board of Pardons and Paroles and
the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.
Requests for Home Address Confidentiality
Under existing law, an agency that receives a FOIA request about a
covered individual who requested address confidentiality must redact
the person’s home address only from records provided in response to a
request that specifically names him or her. Additionally, the agency
must make reasonable efforts to redact the person’s address from (1) an
existing list derived from a readily accessible electronic database and (2)
any list that the agency voluntarily creates in response to a disclosure
request. The law permits disclosure of a covered individual’s residential
address in any other type of record (other than in their employer’s
personnel, medical, or similar files, as described above).
The disclosure prohibition also does not apply to a home address in
(1) documents eligible to be recorded in municipal land records; (2) any
list required by the state’s election laws (such as voter registry lists,
petition forms, and logs of absentee ballot applications); or (3) municipal
grand lists.
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COMMITTEE ACTION
Government Oversight Committee
Joint Favorable Substitute
Yea 8 Nay 4 (03/17/2026)