Committee hears bill to centralize public-records requests for statewide voter registration database
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.
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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.
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