Legislation

Injustice thrives in the dark. The ability to shed sunlight on government action through Freedom of Information (FOI) requests is essential to holding public officials accountable and to preventing state-sanctioned discrimination, abuse, and mismanagement.

The public should never have to pay to access records kept by the government, and that includes recordings captured by police body and dashboard cameras.

The ACLU-CT supports efforts to ensure that advisory boards and oversight committees are impartial from the government entities that they oversee.

The First Amendment is clear. Government actors and agencies cannot and should not censor people for disagreeing with them, whether that is at a town meeting, on a public sidewalk, or online.

Voting is a foundation of democracy, a right through which we can protect and preserve our other rights.

One of the most crucial ways that people can have a voice in their government is to observe, participate in, testify at, and attend public government meetings.

People involved in our criminal legal system who finish their sentences have paid their debt to society. People with criminal histories may be more likely to encounter background checks, and therefore more likely to feel those negative effects on their credit scores.

House Bill 5269 would permanently permit public agencies to hold meetings by electronic equipment in conjunction with in-person meetings.