The bill states that state and local agencies and departments shall make a request form available “that allows a state legislator or law enforcement officer or employee to request the redaction of personal identifying information from the records of the department or agency.”įelicia Mason, executive director of the Alabama Press Association, said Friday that the measure “would seem to be in conflict” with the information required on state ethics forms. Vivian Davis Figures was shot into multiple times.
“That’s why we have security” at the Statehouse.
“We make a ruling on a controversial issue and you have some overzealous people who have a set opinion about it and want to express it in an unsafe manner,” Smitherman said. Smitherman said in an interview that lawmakers have the same safety concerns as those in law enforcement. The change was approved in the Senate and House of Representatives without debate. Rodger Smitherman, D-Birmingham, offered the amendment to include lawmakers. 'Fake heiress' released to house arrest, fights deportation But the measures add additional secrecy and have sometimes drawn criticism for potentially blocking information that could reveal conflicts of interests.
Measures to shield the release of personal information of judges, police officers and others have been introduced in multiple states following threats and attacks on public officials, including the 2020 fatal shooting of a federal judge’s son in New Jersey. But senators approved an amendment to add legislators to the list of occupations that could request that their information be shielded from public view. The Alabama Senate approved the House-passed bill that would allow law enforcement officials to request that their personal identifying information be redacted from public documents. (AP) - Alabama lawmakers voted Thursday to include themselves in legislation that would allow judges, law enforcement and prosecutors to shield personal information from being released on public records, such as a home address, phone number or driver’s license number.
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