Bill would exempt bias reporting from FOIA

02/04/2025 by Katherine Revello, CT Inside Investigator

Days after Gov. Ned Lamont and members of the Connecticut Hate Crime Advisory Council announced a legislative proposal that would overhaul the state’s hate crime laws and touted a public reporting tool for alleged hate crime incidents, a bill that would seemingly exempt those reports from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is set to go before the Government Administration and Elections Committee.

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