The General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1433 aims to amend the Freedom of Information Act by exempting the residential addresses of employees of the Office of the Attorney General from public disclosure. The bill proposes to repeal subsection (a) of section 1-217 of the general statutes and replace it with new language that includes the addition of employees of the Office of the Attorney General as a protected category. This change is intended to enhance the privacy and safety of these employees by preventing their residential addresses from being disclosed alongside other protected individuals such as judges, law enforcement officers, and social workers.
The specific legal language changes include the deletion of the word "or" before the existing category of state marshals and the insertion of a new category that explicitly states, "An employee of the office of the Attorney General." The bill is set to take effect on October 1, 2025, if passed. The overall purpose of this legislation is to ensure that employees of the Attorney General's office are afforded the same privacy protections as other public agency employees whose residential addresses are currently exempt from disclosure.