RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS.
Summary
Provides that an agency may seek a declaratory judgment in circuit court that a requester is a vexatious records requester if the agency demonstrates that the person has established a clear pattern of conduct that amounts to an abuse of a process established by the Uniform Information Practices Act. Effective 7/1/2050. Repeals on 6/30/2020. (SD2)
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Apr 2017
House Passage
Mar 2017
Senate Passage
Apr 2017
Governor
Introduced Jan 25, 2017
Last action Apr 25, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
38
Key actions
8
Committee
11
Amendments
2
Apr 13, 2017
Introduced
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
lower
Apr 11, 2017
Introduced
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 666) in amended form (SD 2).
lower
Apr 11, 2017
Upper · Passed
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) K. Rhoads . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
upper
Apr 4, 2017
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDL were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, K. Rhoads, Kim, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard.
upper
Mar 31, 2017
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on JDL will hold a public decision making on 04-04-17 9:45AM in conference room 016.
upper
Mar 23, 2017
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL.
upper
Mar 23, 2017
Committee
Reported from GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1037) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDL.
upper
Mar 16, 2017
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) K. Rhoads ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Galuteria, Tokuda.
upper
Mar 13, 2017
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 03-16-17 2:50PM in conference room 224.
upper
Mar 9, 2017
Committee
Referred to GVO, JDL.
upper
Mar 3, 2017
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 19).
upper
Mar 2, 2017
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Thielen voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 23, 2017
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, Nakamura, Tokioka, Quinlan, Yamashita, Tupola, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Choy.
lower
Feb 9, 2017
Committee
Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 135) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 3, 2017
Lower · Passed
The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Nishimoto, San Buenaventura, Belatti, Brower, Johanson, C. Lee, Morikawa, Nakashima; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Oshiro, Thielen; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
lower
Jan 30, 2017
Committee
Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 6
lower
Jan 25, 2017
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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