SB 1494 -  Public Records Requests

by Pizzo
Prohibiting an agency from charging a certain fee under a specified circumstance; providing that custodians of public records may rely solely on certain required safeguards to determine whether records are partly or wholly exempt from disclosure; increasing the maximum civil penalty allowed for certain violations related to public records; requiring that courts set immediate hearings on certain actions and give such hearings priority over all other pending cases until specified conditions are satisfied; providing that a complainant is not required to provide a certain written notice to an agency when the initial public records request was furnished to the agency’s custodian in written form, by e-mail, or through the agency’s website, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2024
Last Event: 03/08/24 S Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability on Friday, March 8, 2024 2:25 PM

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  • Governmental Oversight and Accountability
  • Judiciary
  • Rules

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Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Governmental Oversight and Accountability Time: 03/08/2024 - 2:25 PM Member: Committee: Governmental Oversight and Accountability Version: __
Event: S Introduced Time: 01/10/2024 - 6:36 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Rules Time: 01/10/2024 - 9:18 AM Member: Committee: Governmental Oversight and Accountability Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 01/05/2024 - 2:10 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

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