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This bill establishes an Address Confidentiality Program (ACP) within the Department of Administration to protect the addresses of certain vulnerable individuals. The program allows eligible participants—including victims of domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault (with a protective order), guardians of minors, peace officers, correctional officers, and their household members—to use a designated post office box as their mailing address while keeping their actual residential address confidential. The department will forward mail from the post office box to the participant's specified address and maintain strict confidentiality. Participants are initially enrolled for five years and must renew to remain in the program. Notably, individuals required to register as sex offenders are prohibited from participating. The bill includes provisions making it a class B misdemeanor for unauthorized disclosure of a participant's confidential address and requires state and municipal agencies to accept the program's post office box as a valid mailing address. The program aims to enhance personal safety by providing an administrative mechanism for concealing potentially dangerous residential information, with specific protections for individuals at risk of harm.

Budget and Finance, Government Affairs

https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB31