Prohibits agencies from charging a fee for records where an electronic copy is already available from a previous request made within the past six months
Summary
Prohibits agencies from charging a fee for records where an electronic copy is already available from a previous request made within the past six months; requires that fees be apportioned equally among requestors when more than one request is made for identical records before such request has been fulfilled.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 16, 2021
Last action May 23, 2022
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Amendments
2
Jan 5, 2022
Committee
REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
upper
May 7, 2021
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 4863A
upper
May 7, 2021
Upper · Passed
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
upper
Feb 16, 2021
Committee
REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
upper
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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