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Subcommittee advances bill to limit public posting of judges’ and law‑enforcement contact information
Summary
The panel voted to report S.126, which narrows disclosure of personal contact information for judges and law‑enforcement officers on government websites, establishes a standard request form and allows certain professional exceptions, with a delayed effective date to give counties time to implement software.
The Constitutional Law Subcommittee voted to report S.126 after hearing testimony from state and county records officials who urged clarity and more time for local offices to implement shielding of records.
Shannon Wiley, general counsel and public information director for the Secretary of State’s office, told the committee the secretary supports the amendments in S.126 and explained why the bill must preserve certain online business‑filing data. "The secretary of state's office serves as a repository for business filings and for uniform commercial code filings," Wiley said. "S.126 contains an exception, from having to redact those records." She said registered‑agent information is publicly available through the…
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