HB1084 clarifies what voter registration records county auditors must keep publicly available and what information they can restrict from public view. The bill specifies that county auditors maintain a digital master file with voter registration details, election voting history, and absentee ballot application information, while establishing that certain sensitive information in these records can be kept confidential under specific exceptions listed in state law. This ensures voters' personal information is protected while keeping most registration records accessible to the public during normal office hours.
The amendment significantly BROADENS the confidentiality protections for voter registration information by removing elected and appointed state/legislative officials from the protected categories and instead extending blanket privacy protection to "any personally identifiable information" for judicial officers and law enforcement, while also clarifying which agencies must provide lists to enforce these restrictions. This shifts the bill from protecting a narrow class of high-risk officials to creating broader confidentiality rules based on information type rather than office-holder status.
The enrollment version reformatted the bill and clarified voter registration record confidentiality protections by expanding exemptions from public inspection to include both judges and law enforcement officers (rather than judges alone) and defining "personally identifiable information" to specifically mean home addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses. This change BROADENS the bill's original privacy protections to cover a wider category of at-risk public officials.
Signed by the Governor H.J. 534
Delivered to the Governor H.J. 497
Signed by the President S.J. 448
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 477
Senate Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 3. S.J. 416
State Affairs Do Pass Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 1. S.J. 34
State Affairs Scheduled for hearing
First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 143
House of Representatives Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 53, NAYS 14. H.J. 167
Judiciary Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1. H.J. 6
Judiciary Motion to amend H.J. 6
Judiciary Scheduled for hearing
House of Representatives Referred to House Judiciary H.J. 113
First Reading House H.J. 43
Do Pass Amended
State Affairs — Do Pass
Do Pass Amended
Judiciary — Do Pass Amended