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House Sexual Harassment Prevention Panel approves limited information-sharing with Ethics and Discrimination panels
Summary
The panel voted to add a permissive disclosure provision to Rule 20 allowing case-by-case sharing of confidential records with the House Ethics Panel and the House Discrimination Prevention Panel, and updated which offices will maintain its records.
The House Sexual Harassment Prevention Panel voted Friday to adopt a procedural amendment that permits, but does not require, the panel to share confidential information and records with the House Ethics Panel and the House Discrimination Prevention Panel to inform investigations.
Panel Chair Molly Burke, chair of the House Sexual Harassment Prevention Panel, opened the meeting and asked members to act on the change to the panel's rules. Attorney Maggie Farren explained that the amendment adds a subsection e to Rule 20 — which governs confidentiality — and that subsection expressly allows disclosure to members or staff of the Ethics Panel or the Discrimination…
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