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Minutes for SB331 - Committee on Judiciary
Short Title
Authorizing department of corrections employees, local correctional or detention officers, judicial branch employees and municipal court employees to have identifying information restricted from public access on public websites that identify home addresses or home ownership.
Minutes Content for Mon, Mar 9, 2020
Natalie Scott provided an overview of SB331. (Attachment 1) Ms. Scott stood for questions.
Proponent
Ed Klumpp provided testimony in support of the bill. (Attachment 2)Mr. Klumpp stated the language as written in section 1 subsection(a)(51) adds employees of the department of corrections, local correctional officer or local dentition officer to protect their home addresses from public records. Corrections personnel are at just as much risk as commissioned law enforcement officers for bodily harm and threats.
Deborah Barnes Provided testimony in support of the bill. (Attachment 3) Ms. Barnes stated that the bill will amend the section of the Kansas Open Records Act that lists the categories where a public agency has discretion as to whether to disclose records.
Proponent Written
- Krisena Silva, Judicial Branch (Attachment 4)
Neutral Written
- Randy Bowman, Executive Director of Public Affairs, Kansas Department of Corrections (Attachment 5)
