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HB146

Protecting Public Employee Personal Information

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In one sentence

This law stops public employers in Alaska from sharing specific private details about their workers and creates an exception to the Public Records Act for this information.

What it does

  • Makes it an unfair labor practice for public employers to share certain employee personal information without permission or legal authority.
  • Lists home addresses, birth dates, phone numbers, email addresses, union membership status, and charity deductions as private data that cannot be disclosed by the employer.
  • Adds these protected records to a list of exceptions in the Public Records Act so they are exempt from standard public inspection requests.
  • Requires employers to send copies of denied information requests or summaries of oral requests to the employee's labor representative.

Who it affects

  • Public employers and their agents
  • Employees who work for public agencies
  • Exclusive representatives, such as unions representing bargaining unit members

Limits and unknowns

  • The law does not stop employers from sharing information if another law requires them to do so.
  • Employers may still share the protected data if the employee gives written permission or if they are sending it directly to the employee's union representative.
  • Personal phone numbers can be shared only if there is a written agreement and a specific business need for that disclosure.

Plain language

Terms to know

Unfair labor practice
An action by an employer that breaks the law regarding how they treat employees or their right to organize.
Public Records Act
The state law that gives people the right to look at government documents, unless a specific exception applies.
Exclusive representative
A labor organization or union chosen by employees to negotiate on their behalf with an employer.

Official record

Sources

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Official summary

PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERSONAL INFORMATION An Act prohibiting public employers from disclosing certain public employee personal information; making disclosure of certain public employee personal information an unfair labor practice; and creating an exception to the Public Records Act for certain public employee personal information.

Official activity

Bill history

  1. (H) Minutes (HSTA)Min
  2. (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled> -- Delayed to 4:15 pm--Text
  3. (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:15 PM GRUENBERG 120Text
  4. (H) Minutes (HL&C)Min
  5. (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled> -- Delayed to 15 min Following Session --Text
  6. (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124Text
  7. (H) -- Public Testimony <Time Limit May Be Set> -- -- MEETING CANCELED --Text
  8. (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120Text
  9. (H) Minutes (HSTA)Min
  10. (H) Heard & HeldText
  11. (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:15 PM GRUENBERG 120Text
  12. (H) Minutes (HL&C)Min
  13. (H) <Pending Referral>Text
  14. (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124Text
  15. (H) REFERRED TO STATE AFFAIRS509
  16. (H) STA, L&C509
  17. (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS509