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Sponsor seeks clarity on criminal‑history data for a statewide criminal justice data warehouse; DOJ and DCI warn on confidentiality and repository risks
Summary
Rep. Bill Mercer told the committee he had drafted a provision requiring agencies to confer on who will supply criminal‑history data to a planned criminal justice data warehouse and, if they cannot agree, to assign Department of Corrections as the provider.
Rep. Bill Mercer, R‑Billings, told the House Judiciary Committee that a follow‑up to earlier study work was to ensure the planned criminal justice data warehouse receives reliable criminal‑history information and that agencies with authoritative data confer and decide which will provide the records. His draft would require the responsible agencies to confer and choose a provider by Oct. 1; if they cannot agree, the Department of Corrections (DOC) would be tasked with providing criminal history data for the warehouse.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) witnesses described legal and operational constraints. Assistant Attorney…
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