HB 149: "An Act relating to records concerning protective orders; amending Rule 37.8, Alaska Rules of Administration; and providing for an effective date."
00 HOUSE BILL NO. 149 01 "An Act relating to records concerning protective orders; amending Rule 37.8, Alaska 02 Rules of Administration; and providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section 05 to read: 06 LEGISLATIVE INTENT. It is the intent of the legislature that, to the extent 07 practicable, the Alaska Court System remove from its publicly available website that lists case 08 records the names of petitioners in a proceeding under AS 18.65.850 - 18.65.870 or 09 AS 18.66.100 - 18.66.180 that was brought before the effective date of this Act, to the extent 10 that AS 22.35.030(b), enacted by sec. 2 of this Act, prohibits the names from being published. 11 * Sec. 2. AS 22.35.030 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 12 (b) The Alaska Court System may not publish the name of a petitioner in a 13 proceeding under AS 18.65.850 - 18.65.870, or AS 18.66.100 - 18.66.180 in a court 14 record on a publicly available website.
01 * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 02 read: 03 DIRECT COURT RULE AMENDMENT. Rule 37.8(a), Alaska Rules of 04 Administration is amended to read: 05 (a) Availability. The following case-related information maintained in the 06 court system's electronic case management systems will not be published on the court 07 system's website or otherwise made available to the public in electronic form: 08 (1) addresses, phone numbers, and other contact information for 09 parties, witnesses, and third-party custodians; 10 (2) names, initials, addresses, phone numbers, and other contact and 11 identifying information for victims in criminal cases; 12 (3) social security numbers; 13 (4) driver and vehicle license numbers; 14 (5) account numbers of specific assets, liabilities, accounts, credit 15 cards, and PINs (Personal Identification Numbers); 16 (6) names, addresses, phone numbers, and other contact information 17 for minor children in domestic relations cases, paternity actions, domestic violence 18 cases, emancipation cases, and minor settlements under Civil Rule 90.3; 19 (7) juror information; 20 (8) party names protected under Administrative Rule 40(b) and (c); 21 (9) information that is confidential or sealed in its written form; [AND] 22 (10) attorney and other e-mail addresses used by the court to distribute 23 court orders, notices, judgments, and other documents; and 24 (11) party names protected under AS 22.35.030(b). 25 * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect 120 days after becoming law.