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Committee advances bill to shield critical infrastructure and homeland security records
Summary
House Bill 1640, amended in committee, would make records identifying critical infrastructure, threats and related homeland security information confidential; sponsor said the measure aligns state law with federal definitions and would not block misconduct investigations.
Representative Eldridge, who ran House Bill 16-40 for the sponsor, told the committee the bill "is to protect the state's critical infrastructure and related homeland security information from public inspection or disclosure." He said covered records would include materials identifying critical infrastructure, threats or attacks, threat information tied to terrorism or targeted violence, and sensitive data shared by federal, state, local and private-sector partners.
Representative Powell sought clarification about the bill's interaction with investigations, asking whether records relevant to investigations of alleged law-enforcement misconduct — including use-of-force reviews — would be shielded. Eldridge replied that the bill is intended strictly to protect infrastructure-related information and would not be used to block active misconduct investigations. The committee adopted the amendment offered and voted to send the bill on to the next committee listed (government operations).
