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Bill would exempt campers’ reservation data from public disclosure

2212658 · January 30, 2025
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House Bill 59 would exempt individually identifiable reservation information held by Missouri State Parks from public-record disclosure to protect campers’ safety and privacy; conservation and parks groups supported the change while press witnesses urged caution about reducing transparency.

House Bill 59 would add an exemption to Missouri’s Sunshine Law for individually identifiable customer information held by the Missouri State Parks reservation system, Representative Bruce Sasseman told the Committee on Legislative Review.

"There's no compelling public interest in accessing personal information for those visiting your state parks," Representative Bruce Sasseman said, adding that disclosure of reservation details could reveal when a visitor’s home would be vacant…

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