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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut expands address confidentiality program to shield participant real property records
Last action · April 23, 2026: House Calendar Number 501Sponsors: Amy Morrin Bello and 4 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Substitute Senate Bill 485 expands Connecticut's address confidentiality program to require private entities as well as public agencies to accept participant program addresses and establishes a new process for program participants to municipal land and tax records related to real property they own, effective October 1, 2026.
The measure gives program participants the ability to remove home purchase and tax assessment records from public inspection, while imposing new administrative procedures on town clerks, tax assessors, and financial institutions.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Address confidentiality program participants
Participants gain the ability to shield municipal real property records and require private entities to use their program address.
Town clerks
Town clerks must establish new procedures for recording deeds, shielding records, and notifying municipal departments.
Financial institutions
Banks and credit unions are required to accept program addresses and may establish written form requirements for participant requests.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How do program participants shield their real property records?
Are shielded real property records completely inaccessible to everyone?
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the Senate · on the House floor.
Procedural history
13 actions- Apr 23, 2026HouseHouse Calendar Number 501
- Apr 23, 2026HouseFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
- Apr 22, 2026SenateFloorSenate Passed as Amended by Senate Amendment Schedule A
- Apr 22, 2026SenateFloorSenate Adopted Senate Amendment Schedule A 4132
- Apr 9, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFile Number 579
- Apr 9, 2026SenateSenate Calendar Number 345
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- Apr 9, 2026SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- Apr 9, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Apr 2, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReferred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/08/26 5:00 PM
- Mar 23, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Mar 23, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyJoint Favorable Substitute
- Mar 13, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 03/18
- Mar 12, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections
Version history
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Expansion from Public to Private Sectors
The bill broadens the reach of address confidentiality from government agencies alone to include all private entities and individuals interacting with participants.
Connected Entities
Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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