How SB 64 changes current law

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This bill amends various sections related to the Government Records Access and Management Act and makes changes to the voter registration form requirements.

• 20A-2-104

  your email address and phone number are also only available to an authorized government entity, unless you have consented, above, to disclose them to the political party with which you choose to affiliate. → your email address and phone number are available only to government entities. Your year of birth is available to political parties, candidates for public office, certain third parties, and their contractors, employees, and volunteers, in accordance with the requirements of law.

  This change alters the privacy of voter registration information by specifying additional entities that can access year of birth and clarifying the access rules for email addresses and phone numbers.

• 20A-2-104

  Your date of birth, driver license number, state identification card number, and social security number are available only to an authorized government entity. → Your driver license number, identification card number, social security number, email address, full date of birth, and phone number are available only to government entities.

  This modification clarifies that all these sensitive pieces of information are restricted to government entities.

• 20A-2-104

  REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL PRIVACY PROTECTIONIn addition to the protections provided above, you may request that your voter registration record be withheld from public disclosure if you are, or reside with: an individual who is a victim of, or is threatened with, domestic violence or dating violence; a law enforcement officer; a member of the armed forces; a public figure; or an individual who is protected by a court order. → A person may request that identifying information on the person's voter registration records be withheld from all political parties, candidates for public office, and their contractors, employees, and volunteers, by submitting a withholding request form and any required verification.

  This change broadens the procedure for requesting additional privacy to include the ability for more individuals to seek withholding of their information.

• 20A-11-1205

  Except as provided in Subsection (5), a person may not send an email using the email of a public entity:for a political purpose; to advocate for or against a proposed initiative, initiative, proposed referendum, referendum, a proposed bond, a bond, or any ballot proposition; or to solicit a campaign contribution. → A person may not send an email using the email of a public entity to advocate for or against a proposed initiative, initiative, proposed referendum, referendum, a proposed bond, a bond, or any ballot proposition; to solicit a campaign contribution; or for a political purpose.

  This change removes the exception clause for sending political emails, thereby tightening the restrictions.

• 63G-2-103

  An individual applying for voter registration, or an individual preregistering to vote, shall complete a voter registration form in substantially the following form:

  This amendment introduces a requirement for a summary of government records requirements to be developed and provided to employees of a governmental entity.

• 63G-2-107

  This section does not exempt any record or record series from the provisions of Subsection 63G-2-601(1).

  This addition clarifies that the outlined records are still subject to the provisions of another subsection.