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Senate approves bill allowing candidates to shield home addresses from public website
Summary
The Senate approved SB163, which lets candidates provide their home address privately to the lieutenant governor for residency verification while listing a separate public contact address; sponsors cited safety concerns after threats, opponents said public residence disclosure is part of accountability.
The Utah Senate on the second-reading calendar approved Senate Bill 163, a measure that would let candidates withhold their home address from the public online filing record while still providing the address privately to the Lieutenant Governor’s office for residency verification.
Sponsor Senator Andurig described a personal safety incident as the impetus for the proposal: “an emotionally disturbed person went on lieutenant governor's website and got my home address … and showed up at my house,” he said, adding…
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