CT HB05448

Municipal public agencies are prohibited from disclosing residential addresses of election workers (municipal clerks, registrars of voters, deputy registrars, election officials, primary officials, and audit officials) under FOIA, upon written request by the worker

Address protection for election workers takes effect 90 days before an election and expires 90 days after, creating a 180-day protection window around each election

Influencing or attempting to influence election workers by force, threat, or harassment in performing election administration duties becomes a class C felony

Publicly disclosing personal identifying information of election workers with intent to harass, terrorize, alarm, or influence them becomes a class A misdemeanor

Election workers who are victims of these violations gain a civil cause of action against violators; effective date is July 1, 2024