2020 Senate Bill 842

Expand open records law to legislature and executive office

Introduced in the Senate

March 12, 2020

Introduced by Sen. Ed McBroom (R-38)

To give the Legislative Council appointed by House and Senate majority and minority leaders the authority to deny appeals to denials of a Freedom of Information Act records requests submitted to the legislature. 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