Plain English Breakdown
The bill text states reimbursement is not required for certain mandates but does not specify which ones, leaving that detail open until determined by the Commission on State Mandates.
Privacy Protection for Immigration Support Workers
Starting October 1, 2027, this law creates a program to hide the home addresses of immigration support workers facing threats and makes it illegal to post or sell their personal information online with intent to cause violence.
What This Bill Does
- Creates an address confidentiality program for designated immigration support services providers, employees, or volunteers who face public threats due to their work affiliation.
- Allows state and local agencies to keep a participant's home address out of public records when responding to requests.
- Prohibits posting personal information or images of these workers online with the specific intent that someone will imminently use it to commit violence or threaten them.
- Bans soliciting, selling, or trading the personal information or images of these workers on the internet if done with harmful intent as described in existing health care laws.
- Includes legislative findings explaining why limiting public access to records is necessary for safety.
Who It Names or Affects
- Designated immigration support services providers
- Employees and volunteers at designated immigration support facilities who face threats of violence or harassment because of their work affiliation
- People living at the same home address as these workers
- State and local agencies that handle public records requests
Terms To Know
- Address confidentiality program
- A system where a person can apply to keep their real home address hidden from the general public in government records.
- Designated immigration support services facility
- An organization or place that provides help related to immigration, as defined by this law.
Limits and Unknowns
- The program does not start until October 1, 2027.
- Protection applies only if the worker faces threats of violence or harassment because of their work affiliation.
- Reimbursement for state-mandated costs depends on a determination by the Commission on State Mandates.