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Committee hears bill to centralize public-records requests for statewide voter registration database
Summary
SB 5892 would make the Secretary of State the sole agency to respond to public-records requests for records generated by the statewide voter registration database, prohibit county election offices from producing such records, and impose felony penalties for unauthorized disclosure of certain sensitive fields; the committee heard staff, the Secretary of State, and one remote opponent.
The State Government and Tribal Relations Committee took testimony on Senate Bill 5892, which would clarify public-records procedures for the statewide voter registration database and restrict which officials may produce records generated by the centralized system.
Committee staff summarized the bill's core provisions: for the statewide voter registration database all public-records requests would be submitted to and fulfilled by the Secretary of State; county auditors receiving PRA requests…
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