SB 691 - Currently, certain information shall be excluded from pleadings, attachments, exhibits, judgments, orders, or other records of the court, but shall be included in a confidential information sheet filed with the court, which shall not be subject to public inspection or availability. This act modifies the provision to include information concerning a witness in a criminal case that is confidential as otherwise provided by law or rule and any other information redacted for good cause by order of the court. This act additionally provides that home addresses, as defined in the act, of the parties, victims, witnesses, and attorneys of the parties shall be redacted from court documents and from the public access of records on the state court automation case management system.
This provision is similar to a provision in HB 83 (2025), in SB 143 (2025), in SB 352 (2025), and in SCS/HCS/HB 2064 & HCS#2/HB 1886 (2024).
KATIE O'BRIEN