SB 1259 Summary

• Adds "public official" (persons duly elected or appointed to Congress, the legislature, or statewide office) to the definition of "eligible person" who can request confidentiality of their home addresses and identifying information across multiple state records systems.

• Extends confidentiality protections to public officials' records maintained by county recorders, county assessors, county treasurers, the Department of Transportation, and in voter registration records.

• Allows public officials to request that their identifying information (home address, telephone number, documents, and recordings) be sealed or redacted from public access for five-year periods through affidavit and court order.

• Makes it a class 5 felony to knowingly post a public official's personal information on the internet if it poses an imminent and serious threat to their safety or immediate family's safety.

• Modifies sections 11-483, 11-484, 13-2401, 16-153, 28-454, 39-123, and 39-124 of Arizona Revised Statutes to add public official protections to existing confidentiality provisions for peace officers and other government employees.