---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE ENFORCEMENT OF VIOLATIONS OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT."
description: "AN ACT CONCERNING THE ENFORCEMENT OF VIOLATIONS OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1221"
citation: "Connecticut SB 1221 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fines (Penalties)", "Freedom of information", "Government information", "Municipalities", "State agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blumenthal, Matt", "Godfrey, Bob", "Rosario, Christopher"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-15"
last_action: "2023-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b36b1a51-c7ee-48a3-8973-f211e0ca6d53"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "e1783ac3d7239e603ab2a2db17d3506b327ae59fe25930a1328ab0536f1e2e8e"
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 1221 (2023) — AN ACT CONCERNING THE ENFORCEMENT OF VIOLATIONS OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.

## Version chain

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

1. **File No. 525** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/FC/PDF/2023SB-01221-R000525-FC.PDF)
2. **GAE Joint Favorable Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-01221-R01-SB.PDF)
3. **JUD Joint Favorable** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-01221-R02-SB.PDF)
4. **Public Act No. 23-200** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/ACT/PA/PDF/2023PA-00200-R00SB-01221-PA.PDF)
5. **Raised Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2023/TOB/S/PDF/2023SB-01221-R00-SB.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Godfrey, Bob — primary (person)
- Rosario, Christopher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-15** REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Government Administration and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** PUBLIC HEARING 0320
- **2023-03-24** Joint Favorable Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-04-04** REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/11/23 `referral`
- **2023-04-12** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-04-12** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 321
- **2023-04-12** FILE NO. 525
- **2023-05-18** REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Judiciary
- **2023-05-23** Joint Favorable `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-23** FILED WITH LCO `filing`
- **2023-05-23** RPTD. OUT OF LCO
- **2023-05-23** NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Judiciary
- **2023-05-23** FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-02** SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-02** SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-02** RULES SUSPENDED,TRANS.TO HOUSE
- **2023-06-03** FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDAR `reading-2`
- **2023-06-03** HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 635
- **2023-06-07** HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A `passage`
- **2023-06-07** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-27** PUBLIC ACT 23-200
- **2023-06-28** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
- **2023-06-28** TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-28** 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/b36b1a51-c7ee-48a3-8973-f211e0ca6d53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).