2023 House Bill 5038

Civil rights: public records; evasion of disclosure of public records under the freedom of information act by use of code words or phrases that conceal the subject of those records; prohibit.

A bill to amend 1976 PA 442, entitled “Freedom of information act,” (MCL 15.231 to 15.246) by adding section 10c.

Official record

Introduced in the House

Sept. 26, 2023

Introduced by Rep. Mike Harris (R-52) and 31 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Robert Bezotte (R-50), Doug Wozniak (R-59), Joseph Fox (R-101), Rachelle Smit (R-43), Angela Rigas (R-79), Timothy Beson (R-96), William Bruck (R-30), Alicia St. Germaine (R-62), Gina Johnsen (R-78), Bradley Slagh (R-85), Matt Bierlein (R-97), Jay DeBoyer (R-63), Bryan Posthumus (R-90), Matt Maddock (R-51), Greg Markkanen (R-110), Cameron Cavitt (R-106), Mike Hoadley (R-99), Jaime Greene (R-65), Pat Outman (R-91), Ken Borton (R-105), Donni Steele (R-54), Mark Tisdel (R-55), Matt Hall (R-42), James DeSana (R-29), Tom Kunse (R-100), Andrew Beeler (R-64), Bill Schuette (R-95), Jamie Thompson (R-28), Joseph Aragona (R-60), Thomas Kuhn (R-57) and Brian BeGole (R-71)

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary