ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session
	Senate: JUDE DP 6-0-1 | 3^rd Read 29-0-0-1 House: JUD DP 7-1-1-0

---

SB 1533: personal information: confidentiality; judge's families

Sponsor: Senator Kavanagh, LD 3

Caucus & COW

Overview

Adds a family member of a justice, judge, commissioner or hearing officer who has the same full name as the said judicial officer (name-identical family member) to the list of eligible persons who can petition the superior court to prohibit the general public from accessing their records.

History

In any county, an eligible person may request that the general public be prohibited from accessing records relating to that person which are maintained by the county recorder, county assessor, county treasurer or the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT). Additionally, an eligible person, and any other registered voter who resides at the same address as the eligible person, may request that the general public be prohibited from accessing voter records relating to that person, including any of the person's documents and the voting precinct number contained in their voter registration record (A.R.S. §§ 11-483; 11-484; 16-153; 28-454 and 39-123).

A person who knowingly shares such confidentially restricted personal information on the internet is guilty of a class 5 felony if the dissemination of the information is reasonably apparent to pose an imminent and serious threat to the safety of the person or his family (A.R.S. § 13-2401). A government employee who knowingly releases restricted public employee information with intent to hinder an investigation or cause harm is guilty of a class 6 felony (A.R.S. § 39-124).

The current list of eligible persons, who may request that the general public be prohibited from accessing their records, includes various designated officials and professionals, such as: 1) elected officials; 2) former elected officials; 3) peace officers; 4) spouses of a peace officer; 5) judges; 6) public defenders; 7) prosecutors; and 8) members of the Board of Executive Clemency (A.R.S. §§ 11-483; 11-484; 16-153; 28-454 and 39-123).

Provisions

1. Authorizes a name-identical family member to request the county recorder, county assessor, county treasurer and ADOT to prohibit public access to his information. (Sec. 1, 2, 4-6)

2. Adds name-identical family members to the list of persons who are covered in the statute making it a class 5 felony to knowingly make available restricted personal information on the internet. (Sec. 3)

3. Adds name-identical family members to the list of persons who are covered in the statute making it a class 6 felony for government employees to knowingly release restricted public employee information. (Sec. 7)

4. Defines pertinent terms. (Sec. 1-7)

5. Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 3, 6)

---------- DOCUMENT FOOTER ---------

                        SB 1533

Initials NM    Page 0 Caucus & COW

---------- DOCUMENT FOOTER ---------