Connecticut Law About Freedom of Information

Connecticut Law About Freedom of Information
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Research Guides

Recent Connecticut Public Acts and Current Orders

OLR Research Reports - Office of Legislative Research:

Disclosure of Body Camera Recordings - 2022-R-0164

Public Agency Meeting Format Changes - 2021-R-0192

FOIA Functional Equivalent Test - 2020-R-0014

Petitioning for Relief from Vexatious Requesters Under the Freedom of Information Act - 2019-R-0332

Telephone Meetings and Voting Under the Freedom of Information Act - 2017-R-0340

Meeting Requirements for Municipal Agencies Under the Freedom of Information Act - 2017-R-0232

Complaints Filed with Freedom of Information Commission - 2016-R-0321

Use of Perkins Test in Other Jurisdictions - 2014-R-0064

Freedom of Information Laws and the First Amendment - 2013-R-0439

Municipal Agency Meeting Minutes - 2012-R-0441

Executive Sessions 2010-R-0130

Scope of Freedom of Information Act 2008-R-0333

Freedom of Information under the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact Versus Connecticut Law 2008-R-0210

Access to Judicial Records, Meetings and Proceedings 2007-R-0034
Expedited Hearings 2007-R-0233

Application of FOIA to General Assembly Workshops 2007-R-0181
Meetings under the Freedom of Information Act 2007-R-0396

Freedom of Information's Exemption for Real Estate Appraisals 2007-R-0140
Application of the Freedom of Information Act to Judicial Records 2006-R-0315

Freedom of Information Commission Concerning Access to Court Records 2006-R-0405
Public Access to Court Proceedings and Records 2006-R-0368
Freedom of Information Exemption for Signed Witness Statements 2005-R-0651
Public Agency Records 2005-R-0541
Frivolous Requests for Records under the Freedom of Information Act 2004-R-0369
Standard for Determining Invasion of Privacy under Freedom of Information 2003-R-0116

Useful Websites

Library Materials

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Federal information disclosure, by James T. O'Reilly
Guidebook to the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts, by Justin D. Franklin and Robert F. Bouchard.

Connecticut General Statutes

Selected statutes:

Chapter 14 Freedom of Information Act

Sec. 1-200. (Formerly Sec. 1-18a). Definitions.
Sec. 1-205. (Formerly Sec. 1-21j). Freedom of Information Commission.
Sec. 1-206. (Formerly Sec. 1-21i). Denial of access to public records or meetings. Appeals. Notice. Orders. Civil penalty. Petition for relief from vexatious requester. Service of process upon commission. Frivolous appeals. Appeal re state hazardous waste program records.
Sec. 1-210. (Formerly Sec. 1-19). Access to public records. Exempt records.
Sec. 1-215. (Formerly Sec. 1-20b). Record of an arrest as public record. Prohibition on redaction. Excemptions. Disclosure of other law enforcement records. Notice to state's attorney. Applicability of section.
Sec. 1-225. (Formerly Sec. 1-21). Meetings of government agencies to be public. Recording of votes. Schedule and agenda of certain meetings to be filed and posted on web sites. Notice of special meetings. Executive sessions.
Sec. 1-231. (Formerly Sec. 1-21g). Executive sessions.
Sec. 1-241. (Formerly Sec. 1-21l). Injunctive relief from frivolous, unreasonable or harassing freedom of information appeals.

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U.S. Code

5 USC 552. Public information; agency rules, opinions, orders, records, and proceedings.

CT Freedom of Information Commission

Recent Freedom of Information Opinions

Recent Connecticut Supreme and Appellate Court Freedom of Information Opinions
(From the Law Libraries' NewsLog)

Connecticut Law by Subject