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Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-213 (2026)

(Formerly Sec. 1-19b). Agency administration. Disclosure of personnel, birth and tax records. Disclosure of voice mails by public agencies. Judicial records and proceedings

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(a) The Freedom of Information Act shall be:

(1) Construed as requiring each public agency to open its records concerning the administration of such agency to public inspection; and

(2) Construed as requiring each public agency to disclose information in its personnel files, birth records or confidential tax records to the individual who is the subject of such information.

(b) Nothing in the Freedom of Information Act shall be deemed in any manner to:

(1) Affect the status of judicial records as they existed prior to October 1, 1975, nor to limit the rights of litigants, including parties to administrative proceedings, under the laws of discovery of this state;

(2) Require disclosure of any record of a personnel search committee which, because of name or other identifying information, would reveal the identity of an executive level employment candidate without the consent of such candidate; or

(3) Require any public agency to transcribe the content of any voice mail message and retain such record for any period of time. As used in this subdivision, “voice mail” means all information transmitted by voice for the sole purpose of its electronic receipt, storage and playback by a public agency.

(P.A. 75-342, S. 3; P.A. 79-118; P.A. 87-568, S. 3; P.A. 94-246, S. 15; P.A. 97-47, S. 6; P.A. 04-171, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 79-118 provided that Secs. 1-15, 1-18a, 1-19 to 1-19b and 1-21 to 1-21k be construed to require public agencies to open records concerning their administration and to disclose personnel, birth and tax records to individuals; P.A. 87-568 added Subsec. (b)(2), specifying when disclosure of any record of a personnel search committee not required; P.A. 94-246 amended Subsec. (b)(1) to replace “affect the rights of litigants” with “limit the rights of litigants”; P.A. 97-47 substituted “the Freedom of Information Act” for list of sections; Sec. 1-19b transferred to Sec. 1-213 in 1999; P.A. 04-171 added Subsec. (b)(3) re voice mail messages, effective June 1, 2004.

Annotations to former section 1-19b:

Cited. 174 C. 308; 181 C. 324; 184 C. 102; 190 C. 235; 192 C. 310; 204 C. 609; 205 C. 767; 206 C. 449; 207 C. 698; 208 C. 442; 209 C. 204; 210 C. 590; Id., 646; 212 C. 100; 213 C. 126; Id., 216; 214 C. 312; 216 C. 253; 217 C. 153; Id., 193; 218 C. 256; Id., 757; 220 C. 225; 221 C. 217; Id., 300; Id., 393; Id., 482; Id., 549; 222 C. 621; 227 C. 641; 228 C. 158; Id., 271.

Cited. 4 CA 468; 14 CA 380; judgment reversed, see 210 C. 646; 16 CA 49; 19 CA 352; Id., 539; 20 CA 671; 22 CA 316; 29 CA 821; 35 CA 111; 37 CA 589; 42 CA 402; 43 CA 133.

Cited. 41 CS 31; Id., 267; 42 CS 84; Id., 129; Id., 291.

Subsec. (b):

Cited. 213 C. 126; 221 C. 300; 233 C. 28; 241 C. 310.

Cited. 42 CA 39; judgment reversed, see 241 C. 310.

Cited. 42 CS 291.

Annotation to present section:

Subsec. (b):

That nothing in the act shall “limit the rights of litigants ... under the laws of discovery of this state” means requests for records under the act are to be determined by reference to provisions of the act, irrespective of whether they are or otherwise would be disclosable under the rules of state discovery, whether civil or criminal. 252 C. 377.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 2000–2014 · leading case: Chief of Police v. Freedom of Info. Comm'n, 746 A.2d 1264 (Conn. 2000).
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Chief of Police v. Freedom of Info. Comm'n, 746 A.2d 1264 (Conn. 2000). · cites it 36× “The principal issue in this certified appeal involves the meaning and scope of General Statutes § 1-213 (b), which provides in pertinent part: “Nothing in the Freedom of Information Act shall be deemed in any manner to: (1) .”
Dir. of Health Affairs Policy Plan. v. Freedom of Info. Comm'n, 977 A.2d 148 (Conn. 2009). · cites it 4× “In that case, the plaintiff, the chief of police *173 of the Hartford police department, claimed that certain requested records were exempt from disclosure under the act because the same records were the subject of a discovery request in a pending federal action.”
Clerk of the Superior Court v. Freedom of Info. Comm'n, 895 A.2d 743 (Conn. 2006). · cites it 4× “to 1977) § 1-19b (3); see also General Statutes § 1-213 (b) (1) (“[n]othing in the Freedom of Information Act shall be deemed in any manner to .”
Dir., Ret. & Benefits Servs. Div. v. Freedom of Info. Comm'n, 29 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 2358 (Conn. 2001). · cites it 2× “to 1993)] § 1-19 (b) (2) [now codified at General Statutes § 1-213 (b) (2)] precludes disclosure .”
Lucarelli v. Freedom of Info. Comm'n, 43 A.3d 237 (Conn. App. Ct. 2012). · cites it 6× “The plaintiff claims that the court erred in concluding that (1) the commission properly determined that the department was not required to transcribe or to tape voice mail messages pursuant to General Statutes § 1-213 (b) (3), (2) the commission’s failure to rule on his request…”
Comm'r of Pub. Saf. v. Freedom of Info. Comm'n (Conn. 2014). · cites it 7× “Second, there is nothing in the legislative history that demonstrates any disagreement with the Gifford majority’s conclu- sion that § 1-215 is the sole statutory provision govern- ing the disclosure of arrest reports or police reports pursuant to the act while a criminal…”
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-213(b): 1 case
Dir. of Health Affairs Policy Plan. v. Freedom of Info. Comm'n, 977 A.2d 148 (Conn. 2009). “In that case, the plaintiff, the chief of police *173 of the Hartford police department, claimed that certain requested records were exempt from disclosure under the act because the same records were the subject of a discovery request in a pending federal action.”
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-213(b)(1): 1 case
Clerk of the Superior Court v. Freedom of Info. Comm'n, 895 A.2d 743 (Conn. 2006). “to 1977) § 1-19b (3); see also General Statutes § 1-213 (b) (1) (“[n]othing in the Freedom of Information Act shall be deemed in any manner to .”
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