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.
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Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
- IntroducedJan 15, 2018
- Out of committeeJan 29, 2018
- Passed Senatestopped here
- Passed House
- Governor
- 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
- Senate Rules "X" file.
- Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- Minority; do not pass.
- SGTE - Majority; do pass.
- First reading, referred to State Government, Tribal Relations & Elections.
SB 6373 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
- SB 6373 (2019–20) Industrial insurance claims
- SB 6373 (2015–16) Vehicle fees
- SB 6373 (2013–14) Instruction/Spanish, Chinese
- SB 6373 (2011–12) Audits of permit practices
- SB 6373 (2009–10) Greenhouse gas emissions
- SB 6373 (2007–08) Sexually explicit conduct
- SB 6373 (2005–06) Boarding homes
- SB 6373 (2003–04) Nursing facility payment sys