AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT CONCERNING THE NONDISCLOSURE OF THE ADDRESSES OF CERTAIN PUBLIC AGENCY EMPLOYEES.

HB 6850 revises Connecticut's Freedom of Information Act to protect the residential addresses of specific public employees from disclosure. It prohibits public agencies from releasing the home addresses of judges, police officers, correction employees, public defenders, firefighters, child welfare workers, and other designated staff under FOIA requests. To qualify for this protection, employees must submit a written request to their agency and provide a business address (or municipal building address if no business address exists). Agencies must redact these addresses from disclosed records, including lists derived from electronic databases, when requested. The bill directly affects public safety and child welfare employees whose home addresses are now shielded from routine public disclosure.