Committee hears bill to centralize responses to voter-database requests, criminalize unauthorized disclosures
Feb 18, 2026
The State Government and Tribal Relations Committee heard testimony on SB 5892, a Secretary of State request bill that would require the Office of the Secretary of State to handle public‑records requests for the statewide voter registration database and make unauthorized disclosure of certain personal identifiers a class C felony.
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The State Government and Tribal Relations Committee on Feb. 19 heard testimony on Senate Bill 5892, which would make the Office of the Secretary of State the sole responder to public‑records requests generated by the statewide voter registration database and penalize unauthorized disclosures of sensitive identifiers.
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