Connecticut 2026 Session Status: Passed Senate Bipartisan · 12 D · 1 R cosponsors

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.

Last action — HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 496

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced February 26, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the House.

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Prognosis

Advancing 54% · moderate confidence

  • Passed Senate

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 14 sponsors

    14 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (12 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

186 added · 62 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of Bill SB 325 has added a formal acknowledgment that a committee has reviewed and supports the bill, reinforcing its legitimacy and backing. Additionally, the removal of earlier designations suggests a more straightforward presentation of the bill. These changes highlight the bill's progression through the legislative process and affirm that there are no expected costs to the state or municipalities, making it a more appealing legislative proposal.

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General Assembly Raised Bill No.
Senate General Assembly File No.
325 February Session, 2026 LCO No.
292 February Session, 2026 Substitute Senate Bill No.
2267 Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT Introduced by:
325 Senate, April 1, 2026 The Committee on Government Oversight reported through SEN.
(GOS) AN ACT PROHIBITING THE DISCLOSURE OF THE RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE CONCERNING MASS REQUESTS UNDER THE ACT.
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.
(2) A sworn member of a municipal police department, a sworn member of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or a sworn law enforcement LCO No.
(2) A sworn member of a municipal police department, a sworn sSB325 / File No.
2267 1 of 4 Raised Bill No.325 officer within the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection;
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292 member of the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or a sworn law enforcement officer within the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection;
or (14) A teacher who holds a professional educator certificate pursuant to section 10-145b and is employed by a public school.
or (14) A school employee, as defined in section 10-222aa.
(Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force to study the issue of individuals using artificial intelligence to develop mass requests of information under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200 of the general statutes, and whether any changes in law are necessary to assist public agencies in handling such LCO No.
(Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force to study the issue of individuals using artificial intelligence to develop mass requests of information under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200 of the general statutes, and whether any changes in law are necessary to assist public agencies in handling such requests.
2267 2 of 4 Raised Bill No.325 requests.
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(b) The task force shall consist of the following members:
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292 (b) The task force shall consist of the following members:
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one of whom is an attorney in the state;
(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one of whom is an attorney in the state and one of whom is a journalist;
(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate;
(4) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, who is a member of a collective bargaining organization representing teachers;
and (9) The Chief Information Officer, or a designee.
(9) The Chief Information Officer, or a designee;
and (10) The Chief Court Administrator, or a designee.
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325 (e)The speaker oftheHouse ofRepresentativesandthepresident pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from among the members of the task force.
292 (e)The speaker oftheHouse ofRepresentativesandthepresident pro tempore of the Senate shall select the chairpersons of the task force from among the members of the task force.
2 from passage New section Statement of Purpose:
2 from passage New section GOS Joint Favorable Subst.
To prohibit disclosure of the residential address of public school teachers under the Freedom of Information Act and to establish a task force to study how to respond to the issue of mass requests created by artificial intelligence.
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[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets.
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Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except underlined.]e entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not LCO No.
292 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.
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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:
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292 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:
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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.
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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 sSB325 / File No.
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292 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 Number of Appointing Authority Appointments Required Qualifications • Represents an organization House speaker 2 representing municipalities • Expertise in open government issues Senate president pro • An attorney tempore 2 • A journalist House majority leader 1 • Expertise in artificial intelligence • Member of a collective bargaining Senate majority leader 1 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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292 BACKGROUND Covered Individuals Under existing law, the following public officials and employees are covered by FOIA’s home address disclosure limitation:
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federal judges and magistrates, Connecticut judges and family support magistrates, judicial branch employees, prosecutors, public defenders, publicdefender social workers, andDivision of Criminal Justice inspectors;
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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.
membersandemployeesoftheBoardofPardonsandParolesand 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, petitionforms,andlogsofabsenteeballotapplications);or(3)municipal grand lists.
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292 COMMITTEE ACTION Government Oversight Committee Joint Favorable Substitute Yea 8 Nay 4 (03/17/2026) sSB325 / File No.
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Action History

  1. HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 496

  2. FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR

  3. SENATE PASSED

  4. FILE NO. 292

  5. SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 203

  6. FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.

  7. RPTD. OUT OF LCO

  8. REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/31/26

  9. FILED WITH LCO

  10. Joint Favorable Substitute

  11. PUBLIC HEARING 0303

  12. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Oversight

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 325?
SB 325 is sponsored by Sanchez, J., Julie Kushner (Democratic), Jane M. Garibay (Democratic), Michael "MJ" Shannon (Democratic), Steven Winter (Democratic), Daniel Gaiewski (Democratic), Patricia Billie Miller (Democratic), Nick Gauthier (Democratic), Tom Delnicki (Republican), Sarah Keitt (Democratic), Nicholas Menapace (Democratic), Laurie Sweet (Democratic), Anthony L. Nolan (Democratic), and Geraldo C. Reyes (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 325?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced February 26, 2026. It now moves to the second chamber.
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