--- type: "Bill" title: "AN ACT CONCERNING AN AMENDMENT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT CONCERNING EDUCATION RECORDS." description: "AN ACT CONCERNING AN AMENDMENT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT CONCERNING EDUCATION RECORDS." jurisdiction: "us/states/ct" legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 1520" citation: "Connecticut SB 1520 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Freedom of information", "Student records"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: [] version_count: 4 action_count: 18 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2025-03-14" last_action: "2025-06-30" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e14041b7-d751-49a3-9d5a-f742d647d35a" source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv" source_hash: "c90f63826648fdf4e6ae30d46669b73bc5668ac63ffe42d6bffc13ae3a263f7a" 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 1520 (2025) — AN ACT CONCERNING AN AMENDMENT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT CONCERNING EDUCATION RECORDS. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **File No. 657** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/FC/PDF/2025SB-01520-R000657-FC.PDF) 2. **GAE Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-01520-R01-SB.PDF) 3. **Public Act No. 25-124** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/ACT/PA/PDF/2025PA-00124-R00SB-01520-PA.PDF) 4. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/S/PDF/2025SB-01520-R00-SB.PDF) ## Votes - House Roll Call Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower - Senate Roll Call Vote — **36–0** (pass) · upper ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-03-14** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee` - **2025-03-17** PUBLIC HEARING 0321 - **2025-03-27** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-27** FILED WITH LCO `filing` - **2025-04-07** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/14/25 `referral` - **2025-04-14** RPTD. OUT OF LCO - **2025-04-14** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2` - **2025-04-14** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 366 - **2025-04-14** FILE NO. 657 - **2025-05-07** SENATE PASSED `passage` - **2025-05-08** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2` - **2025-05-08** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 568 - **2025-06-04** HOUSE PASSED `passage` - **2025-06-04** IN CONCURRENCE - **2025-06-16** PUBLIC ACT 25-124 - **2025-06-25** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE - **2025-06-25** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt` - **2025-06-30** 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/e14041b7-d751-49a3-9d5a-f742d647d35a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).