2025 bills / S.B. 163
S.B. 163 Government Records Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- House committee
- House vote (stopped here)
- Signed into law
What this bill does
According to the official description, this bill:
- defines terms
- requires a summary of government records requirements to be developed and provided to employees of a governmental entity
- modifies provisions relating to fees charged in relation to a record request
- modifies requirements for responding to a record request, including:
- deadlines
- a request for an expedited response
- appeals
- other requirements
- modifies provisions relating to the State Records Committee
- requires a governmental entity to conduct an annual review of records retention requirements and compliance with those requirements
- amends requirements for an ordinance or policy adopted by a political subdivision in relation to public records
- makes it a crime to destroy a record with the intent to avoid disclosure in response to a pending record request
- makes technical and conforming changes
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Every vote
- 4 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee: vote to change the bill · 2/14/2025 8:40 AMWho voted how
- 4 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee: vote to approve it · 2/14/2025 8:41 AMWho voted how
- 23 yes, 0 no, 6 absentFirst of two Senate votes · 2/21/2025 2:49 PMWho voted how
- 19 yes, 5 no, 5 absentFinal Senate vote · 2/24/2025 11:16 AMWho voted how