No. HB 179
Filed under Legal.
Pub. Rec./Current Appellate Court Clerks ; Provides exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying & location information of current appellate court clerks & their spouses & children; provides for future legislative review & repeal; provides for retroactive application; provides statement of public necessity.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDAdds appellate court clerks — for the Supreme Court, district courts of appeal, and specific class codes 2610 and 2620 — to the list of court personnel already shielded from disclosure of home address, phone number, and birth date.
Their spouses and children also gain protection: names, home addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, and employers become exempt, along with the names and locations of any school or day care center a child attends.
The exemption's automatic-repeal date moves from October 2, 2028 to October 2, 2031, so the Legislature does not have to reenact it for three more years to keep it alive.
AIAdds appellate court clerks to the existing exemption for judges and judicial assistants, shielding their home address, phone number, and birth date, and their spouses' and children's names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, employers, and children's school or day care information from public disclosure.
AICreates a new statutory definition of "appellate court clerk" covering Supreme Court and district court of appeal clerk appointees, plus any court employee assigned to job class code 2610 or 2620 — reaching beyond titled clerk positions to a broader category of court staff.
AIThe exemption is subject to periodic legislative review and was set to expire automatically on October 2, 2028. The bill moves that repeal date to October 2, 2031, deferring the next mandatory review by three years unless lawmakers act sooner.