The Arizona Legislature has passed a bill that would shield elected officials’ addresses from public records.
Republican state Sen. TJ Shope said increasing personal threats against lawmakers and others makes the bill necessary.
It would allow elected officials to opt in to removing any public records of what they claim as their primary residence.
Shope says the legislation would only take effect after someone is elected. He added it would not protect addresses of properties that are not claimed as an official’s primary home.
So, for example, Sen. Wendy Rogers could apply the new rules to the Flagstaff mobile home she claimed as her primary residence in reelection filings.
But any public records regarding her properties in Tempe — where she admitted to a judge she has lived for 20 years — and Chandler would be open for inspection.
