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Sponsor seeks to clarify that library cards are exempt from public disclosure
Summary
House Bill 376 would explicitly shield library cards and membership status from public-record disclosure under the Right-to-Know law, proponents said, to prevent publication of patron information after a local incident.
Representative Lisa Mazer told the Senate Judiciary Committee House Bill 376 would revise the public-records exemption for library-user records to explicitly include library cards and library membership status.
Mazer described a local incident in which a library released patrons’ library cards in response to a Right-to-Know request and those cards were later published on social media. She and supporters said library cards contain personal information—names and patron codes—and that adding an…
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