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Committee approves amendments to Act 56 changes for restricting online records of law-enforcement and judiciary
Summary
Senate Bill 126 would clarify and narrow Act 56 changes by restricting personal contact information on online records rather than altering permanent courthouse documents; the subcommittee approved an amendment and voted the bill out favorably.
Senate Bill 126 would revise portions of 2023's Act 56 to clarify how county and state agencies restrict access to certain personal contact information for judges and law-enforcement officers on publicly available online records. The Judiciary Subcommittee adopted an amendment and voted the measure out favorably.
Committee staff said the bill and its amendment are intended to distinguish the official, permanent record that counties maintain in courthouses from the image or data displayed online; the amendment strikes "name" from the definition of "personal contact information" and focuses restrictions on home…
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