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OH HB391
Bill
Status
4/14/2010
Primary Sponsor
Denise Driehaus
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AI Summary
HB 391 Summary
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Establishes an address confidentiality program allowing individuals who reasonably fear being threatened or physically harmed to apply through the Secretary of State to have a confidential address replace their actual residential address in public records.
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Requires courts to notify crime victims and domestic violence victims of their right to apply for the address confidentiality program when a defendant is convicted or a protection order is issued.
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Extends address confidentiality protections and public record exemptions to federal law enforcement officers, in addition to state and local law enforcement, prosecutors, correctional employees, firefighters, and EMTs.
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Allows program participants who are qualified electors to vote by absent voter's ballots processed through the Secretary of State using their confidential address, with bipartisan teams verifying voter registration and eligibility.
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Creates a secure electronic database maintained by the Secretary of State for program participant information and voter registration records, which remain confidential and not available for public inspection.
Legislative Description
To establish an address confidentiality program for individuals who reasonably believe that they are in danger of being threatened or physically harmed by another person, to exclude the residential and familial information of a federal law enforcement officer from the definition of a public record, to include federal law enforcement officers among the protected individuals who are authorized to request a public office other than the county auditor to redact the person's address from any record made available to the general public on the internet, and to include those officers among the protected individuals who may request the county auditor to replace the person's name with the person's initials on the general tax list and duplicate.
Address confidentiality program-individuals in danger of threat or harm
Last Action
To State & Local Government & Veterans Affairs
4/15/2010