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Senate committee approves bill to withhold railroad employee names from press
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The Senate Transportation, Technology & Legislative Affairs committee passed SB397, a bill that would redact railroad employees' names from press reports about most train accidents while preserving access through public records requests, sponsors said.
The Senate Transportation, Technology & Legislative Affairs committee approved SB397, a bill intended to keep the names of railroad workers out of news reports after most train accidents, sponsor Senator Dave Wallace said. "This bill will redact their names from any newspapers or anything to keep their names out of the press," Wallace said, adding that records would still be accessible through a public records request.
The bill’s…
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