BILL · 2017–18 SESSION

SB 6373: City, district publ. records

Concerning hours of availability for inspection and copying of public records.

Summary

  • Allows cities, towns, and special purpose districts that customarily do not maintain office hours for a minimum of 30 hours per week, to not maintain a minimum number of office hours for purposes of the Public Records Act (PRA) if certain criteria are met.
  • Allows cities, towns, and special purpose districts that maintain office hours for fewer than 30 hours per week, and meet other specified criteria, to respond to requests for public records within five days of the agency's next regularly scheduled meeting.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 6373), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
  1. IntroducedJan 15, 2018
  2. Out of committeeJan 29, 2018
  3. Passed Senatestopped here
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Senator (D-22)
Introduced
January 15, 2018 in the Senate
Last action
February 22, 2018

AN ACT Relating to hours of availability for inspection and copying of public records;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Senator (D-22)

5 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 3 Republicans)

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. Senate Rules "X" file.
  2. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  3. Minority; do not pass.
  4. SGTE - Majority; do pass.
  5. First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections.

SB 6373 in other sessions

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