2025 bills / S.B. 288
S.B. 288 Employment Investigation Records Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- House committee (stopped here)
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill would make records of alleged workplace misconduct by public employees private, and bar their release while an investigation is still ongoing. It would require release only in certain listed circumstances, with specified information redacted, and would limit how long an investigation can run before its record may be released.
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Official description
- defines terms
- makes a record of alleged employment or workplace misconduct (investigation record) a private record
- prohibits the disclosure of an investigation record while an investigation is proceeding
- describes the circumstances under which an investigation record must be released
- identifies the information that must be redacted from an investigation record when the record is disclosed
- places limitations on the length of time an investigation may proceed without an investigation record being subject to release
- makes technical and conforming changes
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Every vote
- 5 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee: vote to change the bill · 3/3/2025 9:50 AMWho voted how
- 5 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee: vote to approve it · 3/3/2025 9:55 AMWho voted how
- 18 yes, 1 no, 10 absentFinal Senate vote · 3/4/2025 9:04 PMWho voted how