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HB 25-1028

Modifications to Address Confidentiality Program

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Jacque Phillips and 1 co-sponsor

HB25-1028 would modify the Address Confidentiality Program to strengthen protections and expand substitute-address use for survivors, affecting agencies and public records.

House Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely
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Bill Summary · HB 25-1028

HB25‑1028 — Modifications to Address Confidentiality Program

Status: House Committee on Finance — Postponed Indefinitely
Introduced: January 8, 2025
Primary Sponsors: Rep. Jacque Phillips; Rep. Yara Zokaie

Summary (short)

HB25‑1028 would make unspecified changes to the state's Address Confidentiality Program (ACP). The ACP provides substitute addresses and related protections to people whose safety is at risk (for example, survivors of domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, or human trafficking). The bill was introduced in the House Judiciary Committee, referred (as amended) to the House Finance Committee, and on March 10, 2025, was postponed indefinitely in Finance (effectively halting the bill for the 2025 legislative session).

Purpose and intent

Although the full bill text is not included here, the bill title — “Modifications to Address Confidentiality Program” — indicates the sponsors intended to revise statutory provisions governing how the ACP operates. Typical goals of such legislation include improving participant access, clarifying the program’s scope, strengthening confidentiality protections, streamlining administration, and addressing implementation or funding issues identified by program administrators or advocates.

Likely key provisions (based on common ACP modifications)

Because the bill text is not provided, the following lists the types of changes commonly proposed in ACP legislation. These may reflect what HB25‑1028 sought to do, but are illustrative rather than definitive:

  • Expand or clarify eligibility categories (e.g., adding survivors of trafficking or broadened definitions of domestic violence or stalking).
  • Modify application, renewal, or verification procedures to simplify enrollment or reduce burdens on applicants.
  • Broaden the substitute‑address usage (for voting records, property records, professional licensing, school records, etc.).
  • Strengthen data‑sharing and confidentiality restrictions to limit public access to participants’ actual addresses.
  • Direct state agencies (motor vehicle, vital records, election officials, courts, county recorders) to adopt or update administrative processes to implement ACP protections.
  • Provide funding, fee changes, or staffing authority for the agency that administers the program.
  • Establish or revise penalties for unlawful disclosure of a participant’s actual address.

Who would be affected

  • Current and potential ACP participants (victims/survivors seeking address confidentiality).
  • State and local agencies that must implement or process substitute addresses (election offices, motor vehicle departments, courts, recorders, licensing boards).
  • Program administrators (state office that runs the ACP) — potential workload, training, and funding changes.
  • Law enforcement and courts (procedures for accessing participant records for official purposes).
  • Entities that maintain public records (county clerks/recorders) and organizations that rely on address data.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • 2025-01-08: Introduced in House and assigned to Judiciary.
  • 2025-02-12: House Judiciary referred the bill, as amended, to the House Finance Committee.
  • 2025-03-10: House Committee on Finance Postponed Indefinitely — the bill was effectively killed for the 2025 session unless reinstated or reintroduced in a future session.

How to follow up

  • Obtain the bill text and any committee amendments or fiscal notes (to confirm exact changes and costs).
  • Review committee hearing materials or testimony (often reveal rationale, stakeholder support/opposition, and implementation concerns).
  • Track reintroduction or related bills in subsequent sessions if sponsors continue the effort.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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