# Connecticut

Every law and rule change USCLI tracks for Connecticut, across the professions, on one page. Each entry links to its full write-up and official sources.

Source: https://uscli.org/states/connecticut

## Licensing Ledger

Connecticut licenses private detectives and agencies through the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection. The private detective licensing sections did not change from 2023 to 2026, but nearby laws have: a 2026 act creates a data broker registry starting January 1, 2027, another keeps licensed detectives’ access to DMV records, and a 2023 act limits who may serve civil process.

[Full Connecticut page: every change, its sources, and what has not changed](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/connecticut) (6 entries).

- Oct 1, 2026 — **[Data broker registry and statewide deletion mechanism](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/connecticut#pa-26-64)** — Public Act 26-64 (SB 4) — Data brokers that sell or license brokered personal data must register with the Department of Consumer Protection by January 1, 2027, for $2,500 a year. The Department must launch a deletion mechanism by July 1, 2028, and from October 1, 2028 brokers must…
- Oct 1, 2026 — **[Private detectives keep DMV access; vessel records restored](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/connecticut#pa-26-24)** — Public Act 26-24 (SB 413), sections 7 to 9 — Restates Conn. Gen. Stat. 14-10(f). The DMV may release personal information to a requester who files a signed statement, under penalty of false statement, that the use is permitted, including use by a licensed private detective in an investigation…
- Oct 1, 2026 — **[Limits on government license plate reader data](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/connecticut#pa-26-14)** — Public Act 26-14 (SB 397), section 13 — Limits public agencies, law enforcement agencies, and their vendors to listed uses of automated license plate reader data, and bars sharing it except with listed agencies or with an individual asking about a vehicle registered in that individual’s name.
- Oct 1, 2026 — **[Employer electronic monitoring notice expanded](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/connecticut#pa-26-73)** — Public Act 26-73 (SB 472) — Amends Conn. Gen. Stat. 31-48d so the existing written and posted notice of electronic monitoring must also name the specific locations where it may occur, and employees hired on or after October 1, 2026 must get a plain-language statement of what may be…
- Jul 1, 2026 — **[Data privacy act reaches any business that sells personal data](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/connecticut#pa-25-113)** — Public Act 25-113 (SB 1295), section 6 — The Connecticut Data Privacy Act now applies to a business that, in the preceding year, controlled or processed personal data of at least 35,000 consumers (down from 100,000), controlled or processed sensitive data, or offered consumers’ personal data for…

## Officer Ledger

The Officer Ledger has not published a Connecticut page yet. [See the states it covers](https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker).

## Forensic Ledger

The Forensic Ledger has not published a Connecticut page yet. [See the states it covers](https://uscli.org/forensic-science-tracker).