2020 Senate Bill 836

Expand open records law to legislature and executive office

Introduced in the Senate

March 12, 2020

Introduced by Sen. Jeremy Moss (D-11)

To establish procedures for appealing a denial by the House or Senate open records law coordinator of a Freedom of Information Act request submitted to the legislature, or the fees demanded to fulfill it. Appeals would go not to the courts but to an existing Legislative Council appointed by legislature itself, which would have final say on whether the information will be provided. This is part of a package comprised of Senate Bills 833 to 842 that would extend the state’s open records law to the legislature, subject to a range of exceptions and exemptions.

Referred to the Committee on Oversight