Connecticut transparency legislation
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This page covers legislation related to transparency in government proposed in Connecticut.
2009
House
- House Bill 5009[1] would allow towns more time to post minutes from public agency meetings on their web sites.
- House Bill 5314[2] would relieve municipalities of costly mandates by authorizing the posting of legal notices on municipal web sites.
- House Bill 5365[3] would provide meeting minute web publication mandate relief to towns and cities.
- House Bill 5368[4] would delay the implementation of the mandate on municipalities to post information on web sites.
- House Bill 5371[5] would provide local taxpayer relief from an unfunded mandate regarding posting of municipal information on web sites.
- House Bill 5379[6] would provide mandate relief to towns and cities regarding posting meeting minutes online.
- House Bill 5384[7] would provide mandate relief by delaying implementation of requirements requiring the posting of town minutes and agendas online.
- House Bill 5953[8] would enable towns to post required legal notices on their websites rather than in newspapers.
- House Bill 5954[9] would establish a government transparency website to enable the public to track state spending and to promote transparency.
- House Bill 5957[10] would accommodate warrant scanning technology by permitting the copying of public documents using a portable scanner.
- House Bill 5959[11] would require the Office of Policy and Management and the Office of Fiscal Analysis to each post the state budget on their respective web sites.
- House Bill 5960[12] would require state agencies to post their regulations on their web sites.
- House Bill 5962[13] would establish a searchable online database of state expenditures.
Senate
- Senate Bill 68[14] would provide relief to smaller municipalities from certain requirements under the Freedom of Information Act.
- Senate Bill 201[15] sought to acknowledge that state-funded group homes perform an important government function and that the public has a right to know how such homes are being managed and operated under the purview of the Freedom of Information Act.
- Senate Bill 333[16] would repeal the requirement that towns post meeting minutes and agendas on their web sites.
- Senate Bill 340[17] sought to enable easier public examination of all state contracts.
- Senate Bill 521[18] would require full disclosure and transparency in state contracting.
- Senate Bill 523[19] would establish a state website tracking the award of state grants and contracts.
- Senate Bill 772[20] would revise the requirement that minutes from a public agency's sessions be posted on such agency's website within seven days of such session.
- Senate Bill 912[21] would ensure access to certain court records under FOIA, except those records that relate directly to decision-making in individual cases.
Footnotes
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Proposed H.B. No. 5009," accessed April 5, 2021
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Substitute for H.B. No. 5214," accessed April 5, 2021
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Proposed H.B. No. 5365," accessed April 5, 2021
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Proposed H.B. No. 5368," accessed April 5, 2021
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Proposed H.B. No. 5371," accessed April 5, 2021
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Proposed H.B. No. 5379," accessed April 5, 2021
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Proposed H.B. No. 5384," accessed April 5, 2021
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Proposed H.B. No. 5953," accessed April 5, 2021
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Proposed H.B. No. 5954," accessed April 5, 2021
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "H.B. No. 5957," accessed April 5, 2021
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Proposed H.B. No. 5959," accessed April 5, 2021
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Proposed H.B. No. 5960," accessed April 5, 2021
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Proposed H.B. No. 5962," accessed April 5, 2021
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Proposed S.B. No. 68," accessed April 5, 2021
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Proposed S.B. No. 201," accessed April 5, 2021
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Proposed S.B. No. 333," accessed April 5, 2021
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Proposed S.B. No. 340," accessed April 5, 2021
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Proposed S.B. No. 521," accessed April 5, 2021
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Proposed S.B. No. 523," accessed April 5, 2021
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Substitute for Raised S.B. No. 772," accessed April 5, 2021
- ↑ Connecticut General Assembly, "Raised S.B. No. 912," accessed April 5, 2021
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