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Connecticut state law banned political parties from using out-of-state "circulators"--individuals who collect signatures on petitions to appear on election ballots. While this bill, which would have...
As amended, this bill would have prevented police from weaponizing drones, except when disposing of explosive devices.
This bill would have prohibited police from using weaponized drones, except those engaged in detecting, detonating, or disposing of explosives. Under this bill, police also would have been required to get a...
This bill would have prevented privacy violations by giving medical patients control over whether and how the state accessed their medical information in the all-payer claims database (APCD).
This bill would have required retail businesses to notify patrons when they were capturing or storing shoppers' "biometric identifiers" (records of facial geometry, such as an image of someone's face that a...
Section Thirteen of this bill prevents school employees from searching a student's electronic device unless the school has a reasonable, individualized suspicion that the student has violated or is...