Bill > SB2914

This bill, known as the Protecting Legislators' Safety Act, aims to enhance the safety of state lawmakers by limiting the public disclosure of their personal contact information. It amends existing laws to ensure that the residence addresses and telephone numbers of legislators, whether elected or appointed, are kept confidential in their voter registration affidavits and any related lists or registers, without requiring them to prove a life-threatening circumstance, though they can opt out of this confidentiality. Additionally, the bill mandates that while campaign finance reports will remain public records, the residence address of a legislator will be removed from the searchable online database unless the legislator chooses to make it public. It also modifies the requirements for nomination papers, ensuring that while residence addresses are necessary for the collection and verification of signatures, they must be redacted when posted online for general public inspection, though unredacted copies will be retained by election officials for lawful requests and official purposes.