[Vision2020] HB172

[Shirley Ringo]

Visionaries:

Having read several comments about House Bill 172, I write to clarify one aspect of it.

I became interested in this legislation as a result of my interactions with an individual who is a victim of domestic violence and is trying to keep her place of residence secret.

One of challenges involved being able to vote and not have her residence become public knowledge.  That was addressed through legislation sponsored by the Secretary of State's office about three years ago.

This legislation covers more, as indicated in its introduction:

 The purpose of this chap-
 21    ter is to enable state and local agencies to respond to  requests  for  public
 22    records without disclosing the location of a victim of domestic violence, sex-
 23    ual  assault or stalking, to enable interagency cooperation with the secretary
 24    of state in providing address confidentiality for  victims  of  domestic  vio-
 25    lence,  sexual  assault or stalking, and to enable state and local agencies to
 26    accept a program participant's use of an address designated by  the  secretary
 27    of state as a substitute mailing address.

The issue of voting is already covered in state law.

Shirley
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