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Committee holds HB 450 after law enforcement raises operational and disclosure concerns
Summary
Lawmakers adopted a substitute to HB 450, a broad update to the state’s government data privacy rules, then voted to hold the bill so the sponsor can work with law enforcement on the bill’s "truth in surveillance" disclosures and operational exemptions.
Representative Shallenberger introduced HB 450 as an update to Utah’s Government Data Privacy Act, saying the state must modernize privacy rules across agencies and create consistent practices for handling personal data.
"Data privacy is a huge deal," Shallenberger said in opening the presentation, and he invited Christopher Bramwell, director of the Office of Data Privacy, to brief the committee on technical details.
Bramwell described the bill as a consolidation and modernization of existing GRAMA duties into the GDPA and said the office has prepared templates, guidance and a privacy program framework to help agencies mature their programs.…
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