AN ACT CONCERNING DATA GOVERNANCE AND CERTAIN REQUESTS FOR STATE AGENCY DATA, RECORDS OR FILES.
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SB 256 — AN ACT CONCERNING DATA GOVERNANCE AND CERTAIN REQUESTS FOR STATE AGENCY DATA, RECORDS OR FILES.
Last action — FILE NO. 385
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2In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
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Senate General Assembly SubstituteFile Bill No.
256385 February Session, 2024 ANSubstitute ACTSenate CONCERNINGBill DATANo. GOVERNANCE AND CERTAIN REQUESTS FOR STATE AGENCY DATA, RECORDS OR FILES.
256 Senate, April 10, 2024 The Committee on Government Administration and Elections reported through SEN.
FLEXER of the 29th Dist., Chairperson of the Committee on the part of the Senate, that the substitute bill ought to pass.
AN ACT CONCERNING DATA GOVERNANCE AND CERTAIN REQUESTS FOR STATE AGENCY DATA, RECORDS OR FILES.
Subsection (b) of section 4-67n of the general statutes is repealed andthefollowing isissubstituted substituted inlieuthereof(EffectiveOctober 1, 2024):
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(2) "Executive branch agency" means any state agency, [listed in section 4-38c, except the Board of Regents for Higher Education] as LCOdefined 1in ofsection 44d-1. Substitute Bill No.
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The Chief Data Officer shall update such report annually with additional information concerning the sharing of high value data and any additional recommendations, including any potential fiscal impact ofsSB256 any/ recommendations.]File Sec.No.
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Any person requesting data, records or files that have been shared by one state agency with another LCOstate 2agency pursuant to any statute, regulation, data sharing agreement, memorandum of 4agreement Substituteor Billunderstanding No.or court order, including, but not limited to, a request made pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200 of the general statutes, shall direct such request to the state agency from which such data, records or files originated.
256 state agency pursuant to any statute, regulation, data sharing agreement, memorandum of agreement or understanding or court order, including, but not limited to, a request made pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200 of the general statutes, shall direct such request to the state agency from which such data, records or files originated.
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385 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 makes various changes to the laws governing executive branch data sharing and management.
These changes have no fiscal impact as it is not anticipated that any additional resources will be required to implement these changes.
The Out Years State Impact:
None Municipal Impact:
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385 OLR Bill Analysis sSB 256 AN ACT CONCERNING DATA GOVERNANCE AND CERTAIN REQUESTS FOR STATE AGENCY DATA, RECORDS OR FILES.
SUMMARY This bill makes various changes in the laws governing executive branch data sharing and management.
It primarily (1) extends the law on the state’s chief data officer (CDO) and the state data plan to cover a broader range of executive branch agencies and other entities, including the offices of the constitutional officers, and (2) requires anyone who requests data, records, or files that have been shared between state agencies to direct their request to the agency where the information originated.
Thebillalso (1)allows theOffice ofPolicy and Management secretary to create advisory boards to help with required data governance activities (i.e., developing a program to access, link, analyze, and share executive branch agency data and respond to data queries) (§ 1) and (2) eliminates a requirement for the CDO to annually report on ways to share executive branch high value data (§ 3, see “BACKGROUND”).
It also makes minor and technical changes.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
October 1, 2024, except that the provision requiring that records requests be directed to the agency where the records originated is effective upon passage.
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CDO, STATE DATA PLAN, AND EXECUTIVE BRANCH AGENCIES The law generally authorizes the state’s chief data officer (CDO) to direct executive branch agencies on data use, management, sharing, coordination, and formulation of the state data plan, and requires them to meet certain related requirements.
Under current law, the “executive sSB256 / File No.
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385 branch agencies” subject to these provisions are 24 of the 25 statutorily defined executive branch departments (excluding the Board of Regents for Higher Education).
The bill more broadly extends these provisions to cover the same “state agencies” covered by the law on state information and telecommunication systems management and contracts.
More specifically, this includes (1) each department, board, council, commission, institution, or other Executive Department agency (with any entity included by law within a given department deemed a division of that department);
(2) the offices of the six constitutional officers;
and (3) all Executive Department agency operations funded by either the General Fund or a special fund.
In doing so, the bill generally requires the newly covered entities to do the following:
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designate an employee to serve as its agency data officer, 2.
consult with the CDO on the state data plan, 3.
take information technology-related actions and initiatives consistent with the state data plan, 4.
conduct an annual inventory of their high value data, and 5.
develop an open data access plan.
It also makes them subject to a CDO review, in consultation with the attorney general and their own legal counsel, on the legal obstacles to sharing their high value data.
INFORMATION REQUESTS TO ORIGINATING AGENCIES The bill requires anyone requesting data, records, or files that were shared between state agencies under a statute, regulation, data sharing agreement, memorandum of agreement or understanding, or court order,including requestsunder theFreedomofInformationAct (FOIA), to direct the request to the state agency where the information originated.Forthisprovision,a“stateagency”is anyoffice,department, board, council, commission, institution, constituent unit of the state sSB256 / File No.
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385 system of higher education, technical education and career school, or other agency in the state’s executive, legislative, or judicial branch.
Under the bill and regardless of FOIA, when a state agency receives one of these requests but is not the originating agency, it must (1) promptly refer the request to the state agency where the data, records, or files originated and (2) notify the requestor that the request has been referred to the originating agency.
The notification must be in writing andinclude theoriginating agency’sname, address,andphonenumber, and the date the referral was made.
Lastly, the bill specifies that this provision does not (1) require disclosure of any data, records, or files if the disclosure would not have been required had the request been made directly to the originating agency or (2) apply to certain requests for data in the criminal justice informationsystemavailabletothepublicunder FOIA(bylaw,this data must be obtained from the originating agency).
BACKGROUND High Value Data By law, “high value data” is data that the department head determines:
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is critical to an executive branch agency’s operation;
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can (a) increase executive branch agency accountability and responsiveness, (b) improve public knowledge about the agency and its operations, (c) further the agency’s core mission, or (d) create economic opportunity;
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is frequently requested by the public;
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responds to a need and demand as identified by the agency through public consultation;
or 5.
is used to satisfy any legislative or other reporting requirements.
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Action History
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FILE NO. 385
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SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 247
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FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.
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REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/09/24
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FILED WITH LCO
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Joint Favorable
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PUBLIC HEARING 0304
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REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections
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