The former executive director of the Alabama Ethics Commission said the loss of anonymity protection for people who file ethics complaints will result in fewer whistleblowers reporting what they believe are illegal acts.
Jun. 26, 2023, 7:04 a.m.
Lawmakers said SB103 strengthened the whistleblower protections to offset concerns about disclosing their identity. But Sumner said that change was not substantive and said he does not think the whistleblower protection will prevent the chilling effect of the new law. Sen. Vivian Davis Figures, D-Mobile, called for adding the name disclosure requirement to SB103 at a committee meeting. Figures said the idea came up during an ethics orientation meeting for the Legislature in January. She said there was broad support among lawmakers that the accused should know who filed a complaint.
Sumner favored the portion of the bill requiring the sharing of exculpatory evidence and said that was the standard policy when he was director. The commission changed that policy under Albritton and voted 4-0 last year to adoptAttorney General Steve Marshall opposed the change andagainst the commission last year.
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