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Oversight committee advances several FOI, ethics and regulatory bills to floor on consent calendar; votes held open
Summary
The committee placed multiple bills — including measures on body‑worn camera FOIA fees, address privacy for domestic‑violence victims, Freedom of Information Commission recommendations, ethics conflicts, and agency rule review — on Consent Calendar 1 for JF to the floor; the clerk called a roll and kept official votes open until noon.
The Connecticut Government Oversight Committee added multiple bills to Consent Calendar 1 for “JF to the floor” consideration, including measures on Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) disclosures, ethics reporting, and regulatory review. The clerk conducted a roll call for the consent calendar and the committee held recorded votes open until the Senate session at noon.
Bills placed on the consent calendar included:
- Senate Bill 973: Permits reduced fees for disclosure of police body‑worn camera and dashboard‑camera records under the Freedom of Information Act (straight JF to the floor). - House Bill 6883 (substitute LCO 5412): Limits the bill’s scope to protecting the residential addresses of victims of domestic violence and sexual assault from FOIA disclosure; language…
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