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Committee accepts introduction of bill to let legislators restrict home-addresses on public sites
Summary
Representative Essex asked the Committee on Judiciary to introduce RS2814, which would add an exception to CORA allowing legislators to limit publication of identifying information that reveals home addresses; the committee approved introduction by unanimous consent.
TOPEKA — Representative Essex introduced RS2814 to the Committee on Judiciary, seeking an addition to the Records Act that would allow members of the legislature to have identifying information that reveals their home addresses restricted from public websites.
"This is bill number RS2814. Records Act relating to permissible exceptions to disclosure, providing an exception to CORA that authorizes members of the legislature to have identifying information restricted from public websites that identify their home addresses," Essex said during the committee meeting. Committee chairperson Humphreys then said, "Without objection, we will go ahead and request for that to be introduced." The request was therefore accepted without a roll-call vote.
Essex said the measure mirrors similar proposals elsewhere and cited safety concerns after reports of constituents traveling to legislators' homes. He referenced colleagues who have experienced unwanted visitors and framed the bill as a response to those incidents.
The committee did not hold a substantive debate on the measure at the session; the chair indicated the item would be handled in future committee business. No formal vote tally was recorded in the transcript; the committee granted introduction by unanimous consent.
Next steps: the bill was approved for introduction and will proceed through the committee's processes, with further consideration and debate expected when the committee takes up bill work at its next meeting.
