HB2123 Summary

• Adds "religious leader" as an eligible person who can request confidentiality protections for personal information across county recorder, assessor, treasurer, voter registration, and state records.

• Defines "religious leader" to include clergy members and ministers leading houses of worship, churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, shrines, belief groups, and affiliated religious organizations.

• Defines "belief group" as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization organized around a membership with sincerely held beliefs and engaging in religious or secular practices reflective of those beliefs.

• Applies existing confidentiality procedures to religious leaders, allowing them to request sealing or redaction of identifying information (addresses, phone numbers, documents) for five-year periods to protect safety.

• Prohibits knowingly releasing religious leaders' personal information on the internet when it poses imminent and serious threat to safety, with violations classified as class 5 felonies.