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CT HB05555

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/12/2026

Primary Sponsor

Government Administration and Elections Committee

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Expands Connecticut's Address Confidentiality Program eligibility to include individuals engaged in providing, facilitating, or promoting reproductive health care services or gender-affirming health care services who have safety concerns and work for entities targeted by threats, harassment, or violence within the past year

  • Extends program protections to require private persons and businesses (not just state agencies) to accept and use a participant's program address in lieu of their actual residential, work, or school address upon request

  • Creates new real property record shielding process allowing program participants who own property to request that town clerks keep their name and address confidential in land records and tax assessor records

  • Requires town clerks to establish procedures for shielding recorded property instruments containing participant information, with limited disclosure permitted only with participant consent, law enforcement request, court order, or Secretary of State authorization for bona fide title examinations

  • All provisions take effect October 1, 2026

Legislative Description

An Act Expanding The Address Confidentiality Program Of The Secretary Of The State.

Last Action

Public Hearing 03/18

3/13/2026

Committee Referrals

Government Administration and Elections3/12/2026

Full Bill Text

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