Amends existing law to provide that certain personal information shall be exempt from disclosure.

The proposed legislation would amend Section 74-106, Idaho Code to exempt certain records of a personal naturefrompublicdisclosureunderthePublicRecordsAct. Theamendmentwouldaddlanguagetothegeneral exclusions found in Section 74-106 (4). A district court case recently came out in Ada County that indicated personal information, such as residential address, phone numbers, and email addresses, could not be redacted unless there was a specific statute authorizing such exemption. Personal information is contained in many other public records than just the records found in Section 74-106. For example, a utility bill. In addition to the concern with releasing personal information, there are also public safety concerns if this information is required to be released. For example, if the requestor has ill intentions and the agency is required to provide home addresses, or the personal information of juveniles who participate in a city's recreation programs who are required to fill out a form with the juvenile's home address, and the city is required to release this information.