Bills › 90th General Assembly
Relating to open records requests
Topics:State government
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 5, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 6, 2024
- Done: House committeeFebruary 13, 2024
- Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 27, 202491–6
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 13, 2024
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Government agencies can now give you public records in a different format than you asked for, as long as the new format is similar. If a record is already posted on a government website, the agency can just tell you where to find it online instead of sending you a copy.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to open records requests. The bill authorizes a government body to provide a requested public record in a reasonable format. A government body is not required to provide the public record in the format requested if a comparable alternative is provided. The bill also provides that if a public record is published on a government body’s internet site, the government body does not need to provide a copy of the public record but must notify the requester of the public record’s internet site location.
Senate subcommittee
Named March 4, 2024. On March 6, 2024 it recommended amendment and passage. [].
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