Bill > SSB3029

This Study Bill expands the responsibility for protecting the privacy of individuals participating in an address confidentiality program, which allows them to use a substitute address for safety reasons. Previously, only assessors (officials who determine property values) and their staff were required to remove a participant's real name from public online documents upon request. This bill now extends that requirement to recorders, who are typically responsible for maintaining public land records, and mandates that both assessors and recorders establish and maintain a system to handle these redaction requests without charging a fee. The bill also removes the specific mention of "assessor's staff" to clarify that the primary responsibility now lies with the assessor and the recorder themselves.