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Committee raises implementation concerns, rolls privacy bill for elected officials to January
Summary
Lawmakers debated House Bill 18-62, which would make personally identifying information of elected officials confidential in many public records; committee members warned it is broad and administratively burdensome and voted to place the bill on the first January calendar for further study.
Representative Brooks (speaker 11) presented House Bill 18-62, which would require governmental entities to redact elected officials' personal identifying information (examples cited included home and personal cell phone numbers, addresses, Social Security numbers and bank account details). "This bill would make an elected official personally identifying information held by governmental [entities] confidential," Brooks told the committee.
Representative Rudd (speaker 13) and others pressed on scale and implementation: Rudd cited an estimate of "6,800 elected positions across the state and local governments" and said the bill did not define who would maintain the list of officials whose data must be redacted. Legal counsel Matt Mundy (speaker 14) explained the state already protects similar categories for many state and local employees and that criminal penalties could apply if information were released with criminal negligence. After discussion and a motion to roll the bill, the committee voted 14–7 to place it on the January calendar for further consideration.
