The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard SB 216 on disclosure of personal information to offender sponsored by Rep. Burton. The bill amends the access to public records act to provide that personal information regarding a correctional officer, law enforcement officer, judge, crime victim, or their family members may be withheld from disclosure when requested by a person confined in a prison, county jail, detention facility, or in a community corrections program as a result of the person’s arrest or conviction for a crime, or that person’s agent or relative. The law currently permits withholding personal information of officers, judges, victims, or their family members, if the information is requested by a person incarcerated in a penal institution after conviction for a crime.
The bill was amended by consent to clarify that references to “agent” did not apply to attorneys. Representatives from the Indiana Sheriffs’ Association, Indiana Public Defender Council, and Indiana Trial Lawyers Association testified in favor of the amended bill.
The amended bill passed 10-0.
Read the bill at: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/216