Bills / H.B. 551
H.B. 551 Government Records Access Amendments
- Introduced
- House committee (stopped here)
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
This bill would stop a person who is the subject of a government records request from deciding how a record responding to that request is classified. It would also bar that person from taking part in the agency's review or response to the request, or in any appeal of it.
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Official description
- prohibits an individual who is the subject of a record request from:
- classifying a record responsive to the record request
- participating in the governmental entity's review of or response to the record request
- participating in an appeal related to the record request
- makes technical and conforming changes
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