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Bill would update data-challenge appeal process and protect private data during appeals, committee lays bill over
Summary
House File 18,36 would allow nonpublic data to be shared across agencies for the purpose of resolving data-challenge appeals and would preserve private data at the Department of Administration when challenges are upheld; the committee laid the bill over for possible inclusion.
House File 18,36, the Department of Administration's data-practices bill, was presented March 27 to update the data-challenge appeal process for government-held records. The bill clarifies that agencies may share not-public data with each other to facilitate appeals to the commissioner, and it would keep data determined to be inaccurate or incomplete private at the Department of Administration to prevent further dissemination while preserving access where data are found accurate.
Assistant Director Casey Carmody of the Data Practices Office described the changes as building on last session's updates and providing clarity and efficiency to Chapter 13’s data-challenge appeal procedures. Carmody and Chair Cleavorn told members that the bill had been to Judiciary previously and that it seeks to avoid creating unintended public dissemination of private or incomplete data when a commissioner orders corrections or destruction.
No public testimony was offered during the hearing. Chair Cleavorn moved to lay the bill over for possible inclusion and the committee adopted that motion. Committee staff and the Administration's data-practices office offered to answer member questions and provide additional materials to explain the mechanics of data sharing and the legal standards applied during appeals.
