amend provisions pertaining to the public availability of information contained in certain records.

Section 12-4-2 now explicitly requires voter registration records to be open to public inspection at all times during office hours, with specific exceptions for judges and law enforcement officers.

Section 12-4-9 requires county auditors to maintain a digital master registration file containing specific voter information and makes it publicly accessible, while protecting social security numbers, driver license numbers, and birth dates.

Section 12-4-9.3 clarifies that home addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of judges and law enforcement officers are not open to public inspection, though their city and county of residence remain public records.

Section 12-4-37.1 requires the secretary of state to maintain a rolling five-year historical archive of statewide voter registration files, which must be made available free of charge while protecting sensitive personal information.

The bill defines 'personally identifiable information' specifically as home addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses for the purposes of protecting judges and law enforcement officers.