- Changes to Law Enforcement Records Disclosure Requirements
- Comparision of Proposals Submitted to Task Force
- Crime Victims
- Criminal Discovery Rules
- Definition of the Term Minor under Connecticut Law
- Freedom of Information Laws and The First Amendment
- Interviewing Minors and Restrictions on Disclosure of Juvenile Records
- Laws Allowing Records To Be Inspected But Not Copied
- Other States' FOI Exemptions Protecting Personal Privacy
- Release of Death Certificates
- States' Laws on Disclosing Crime Scene Photographs, Autopsy Reports, and 911 Tapes and Transcripts
- Summary of National Archives V. Favish
Victim Privacy and the Public's Right to Know
Substitute Senate Bill No. 1149 Public Act No. 12‑311
AN ACT LIMITING THE DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN RECORDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND ESTABLISHING A TASK FORCE CONCERNING VICTIM PRIVACY UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.
Sec. 4. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a task force to consider and make recommendations regarding thebalance between victim privacy under the Freedom of Information Act and the public's right to know.
Contact
Task Force on Victim Privacy and the Public's Right to Know
- c/o Government Administration and Elections Committee
- Legislative Office Building, Room 2200
- Hartford, CT 06106
- (860) 240‑8517
- (860) 240‑8429
- Email Task Force
Documents and Meetings
OLR Reports
January 24, 2014
December 17, 2013
November 27, 2013
- Agenda
- Chief State's Attorney Kevin T. Kane - Proposed Recommendations
- Connecticut General Statutes, Chapter 40 (Discovery and Depositions)
- Klarn Depalma, Vice President, WFSB - Proposed Recommendations
- Minutes
- Rep. Angel Arce - Proposed Recommendations
- Sedensky v. FOIC - Memorandum of Decision on Motion for Stay
- Sen. Leonard Fasano - Proposed Recommendations
November 13, 2013
October 30, 2013
October 16, 2013
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Office of Legislative Research - Presentation
- Testimony - Attorney David McGuire, ACLU
- Testimony - Attorney Morgan Rueckert, Shipman & Goodwin
- Testimony - Chris VanDeHoef, Connecticut Daily Newspapers Assoc
- Testimony - Claude Albert, Connecticut Council on Freedom of Information
- Testimony - Coleen Marren, Director, FOXCT
- Testimony - David Cuillier, President , Society of Professional Journalists
- Testimony - David G. Jacob
- Testimony - John Dankosky & Jim Cutie, WNPR
- Testimony - Jonathan Kellogg, Editor, Republican-American
- Testimony - Michelle S. Cruz
- Testimony - Mitchell W. Pearlman, Lecturer in Law and Journalism, University of Connecticut
- Testimony - Rev. Robert L. Rafford, Professional Genealogist
- Testimony - Robert Fromer, Windsor, CT
- Testimony - Rosanna Cavanagh, New England First Amendment Coalition
October 9, 2013
October 2, 2013
October 1, 2013
September 18, 2013
September 4, 2013
August 21, 2013
August 1, 2013
