Bill Text: CT SB00876 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Nondisclosure Of The Residential Address Of Sworn Members Of A Law Enforcement Unit.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-09 - Public Hearing 02/13 [SB00876 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00876-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 876
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 3340
		*03340_______GAE*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE NONDISCLOSURE OF THE RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS OF SWORN MEMBERS OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT UNIT.

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 Subsection (a) of section 1-217 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2015):

(a) No public agency may disclose, under the Freedom of Information Act, from its personnel, medical or similar files, the residential address of any of the following persons employed by such public agency:

(1) A federal court judge, federal court magistrate, judge of the Superior Court, Appellate Court or Supreme Court of the state, or family support magistrate;

(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 officer within the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection or a sworn member of a law enforcement unit, as defined in section 7-294a, who has obtained certification, as defined in section 7-294a;

(3) An employee of the Department of Correction;

(4) An attorney-at-law who represents or has represented the state in a criminal prosecution;

(5) An attorney-at-law who is or has been employed by the Division of Public Defender Services or a social worker who is employed by the Division of Public Defender Services;

(6) An inspector employed by the Division of Criminal Justice;

(7) A firefighter;

(8) An employee of the Department of Children and Families;

(9) A member or employee of the Board of Pardons and Paroles;

(10) An employee of the judicial branch;

(11) An employee of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services who provides direct care to patients; or

(12) A member or employee of the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2015	1-217(a)

Statement of Purpose:

To expand the exemption from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act of residential addresses from sworn police officers to include any sworn member of a law enforcement unit.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]