2025 Senate Bill 82

Courts: judges; personal information and physical safety protections for judges, their families, and household members; enhance.

A bill to protect the safety of judges and certain other individuals; to protect certain information of judges and certain other individuals from disclosure; to provide for the powers and duties of certain state and local governmental officers and certain other people and entities; and to provide remedies.

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The legislation protects judges' personal information from public disclosure, allowing them to request its removal, with compliance required within five business days, and provides legal recourse for noncompliance, taking effect 180 days post-enactment.

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 12, 2025

Introduced by Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-3) and five co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Sens. Mallory McMorrow (D-8), Sue Shink (D-14), Rosemary Bayer (D-13), John Damoose (R-37) and Erika Geiss (D-1)

Referred to the Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety

March 6, 2025

Reported with substitute S-1

March 11, 2025

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

March 18, 2025

Reported with substitute S-2

Substitute S-2 concurred in by voice vote

March 19, 2025

Passed in the Senate 25 to 11 (details)

Received in the House

March 19, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary

Oct. 29, 2025

Reported with substitute H-3

Dec. 16, 2025

Substitute H-3 not concurred in by voice vote

Substitute H-5 offered by Rep. Sarah Lightner (R-45)

The substitute passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Sarah Lightner (R-45)

1. Amend page 10, line 10, by striking out all of enacting section 1 and inserting:

“Enacting section 1. This act takes effect January 1, 2027.”.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 99 to 6 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Bryan Posthumus (R-90)

The motion prevailed by voice vote