Arkansas legislation · 95th General Assembly (2025 Regular)
Arkansas HB1621: TO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967; AND TO EXEMPT PERSONAL INFORMATION OF ELECTED CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, JUDICIAL OFFICIALS, ELECTED COUNTY OFFICIALS, ELECTED MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS, AND THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILY
Status: Failed, May 5, 2025
What the bill says
An act to be entitled an act to amend the freedom of information act of 1967; to exempt personal information of elected constitutional officers, judicial officials, elected county officials, elected municipal officials, and their immediate family; and for other purposes. subtitle to amend the freedom of information act of 1967; and to exempt personal information of elected constitutional officers, judicial officials, elected county officials, elected municipal officials, and their immediate family.
From the introduced text:
An Act To Be Entitled AN ACT TO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967; TO EXEMPT PERSONAL INFORMATION OF ELECTED CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, JUDICIAL OFFICIALS, ELECTED COUNTY OFFICIALS, ELECTED MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS, AND THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Subtitle TO AMEND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 1967; AND TO EXEMPT PERSONAL INFORMATION OF ELECTED CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, JUDICIAL OFFICIALS, ELECTED COUNTY OFFICIALS, ELECTED MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS, AND THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILY. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. Arkansas Code Title 25, Chapter 19, is amended to add an additional section to read as follows: 25-19-113. Personal information of elected constitutional officers, judicial officials, elected county officials, and their immediate family. (a) As used in this section: (1) "Elected constitutional officer" means the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Auditor of State, Treasurer of State, Commissioner of State Lands, and a member of the General Assembly; (2) "Elected county official" means a county judge, a justice of the peace, a sheriff, a circuit clerk, a county clerk, an assessor, a *LGL114* 03-17-2025 12:36:47 LGL114 As Engrossed: H3/17/25 HB1621 coroner, a treasurer, a county surveyor, and a collector of taxes; (3) "Elected municipal official" means a person elected to an office in a city of the first class, a city of the …