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Bill to protect individual responses on voluntary surveys draws student testimony and agency support
Summary
Senate Bill 6,049 would exempt individual voluntary survey responses from public disclosure for state employees and students taking the Healthy Youth Survey; OFM and other agencies support the narrow exemption while students testified they fear reidentification and stalking risks.
Senate Bill 6,049 would expand public-records exemptions to protect individual, voluntarily provided survey responses from disclosure — covering executive branch employee engagement surveys and line-level responses to the Healthy Youth Survey for students.
Senator Claire Wilson, the bill’s sponsor, said the exemption responds to re‑identification risks in small agencies or small schools and seeks to preserve candid participation. “Because some agencies…
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