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Committee adopts substitute and reports bill limiting public access to unsubstantiated personnel complaints in law‑enforcement files
Summary
Senate Bill 14, discussed in committee, would withhold unsubstantiated internal complaint records about law‑enforcement employees from public disclosure while keeping substantiated records available; committee adopted a substitute and reported the bill to the full Senate.
The Senate State Affairs Committee adopted a committee substitute and reported Senate Bill 14, legislation addressing public access to certain law‑enforcement personnel files. The bill would make substantiated misconduct findings in agency personnel files available through public records, while keeping “unsubstantiated” claims private in response to concerns about reputational harm.
Sen. King,…
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