---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT EXEMPTING CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT RECORDS FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT."
description: "AN ACT EXEMPTING CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT RECORDS FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 234"
citation: "Connecticut SB 234 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child abuse and neglect reports of cases", "Children", "Disclosure", "Freedom of information", "Law enforcement", "Privacy", "Recordings", "Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric C. Berthel", "Farley Santos", "William Pizzuto"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-22"
last_action: "2024-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5c1c5d7-39ea-4e2d-a135-939ed1374b3a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "f86c563daed9b2f60e1a17e59654e98bcefe9c7909bec31bc3fc2d3e2a2ca4de"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ct"]
---

# Connecticut SB 234 (2024) — AN ACT EXEMPTING CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT RECORDS FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **File No. 207** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/FC/PDF/2024SB-00234-R000207-FC.PDF)
2. **PS Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00234-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **Public Act No. 24-56** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ACT/PA/PDF/2024PA-00056-R00SB-00234-PA.PDF)
4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/TOB/S/PDF/2024SB-00234-R00-SB.PDF)

## Votes

- House Roll Call Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eric C. Berthel — primary (person)
- Farley Santos — primary (person)
- William Pizzuto — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-02-22** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Public Safety and Security `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23** PUBLIC HEARING 0229
- **2024-03-19** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-19** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2024-03-26** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/02/24 `referral`
- **2024-04-03** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2024-04-03** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2024-04-03** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 153
- **2024-04-03** FILE NO. 207
- **2024-04-18** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-04-19** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2024-04-19** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 404
- **2024-05-08** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2024-05-08** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2024-05-17** PUBLIC ACT 24-56
- **2024-05-21** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2024-05-21** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-28** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5c1c5d7-39ea-4e2d-a135-939ed1374b3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).