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Panel advances GRAMA changes to shield victims’ names and clarify financial records

Senate Government Operations, Political Subdivisions Standing Committee · February 25, 2026

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Summary

The committee unanimously recommended Third Substitute House Bill 325 to update GRAMA: the bill removes victims' names from the definition of initial-contact reports, clarifies which financial records should be public versus private, and allows counties uniform treatment of tax-abatement information to protect vulnerable populations.

Third Substitute House Bill 325, which updates government-records classifications under GRAMA, was unanimously recommended by the Senate Government Operations Committee.

Representative Shepherd and Christopher Bramwell, director of the Utah Office of Data Privacy, framed the bill as a balance between transparency and privacy.…

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