Public Records

State (Rhode Island)
Rhode Island 2018 Regular Session

Publication Of Municipal And Other Public Budgets In Digital Form [HB-7651] [Budget and Spending ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Taxes ] [Public Safety ]
Makes public entity budgets available in digital form through the secretary of state.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Phillips Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 04/11/2018

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State (Rhode Island)
Rhode Island 2018 Regular Session

Access To Public Records [HB-7601] [Data Privacy ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Revises the public records chapter by amending certain definitions for public body and public records and the procedures related to viewing them.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Aaron Regunberg Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 03/14/2018

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State (Rhode Island)
Rhode Island 2018 Regular Session

Access To Public Records [HB-7587] [Gaming ]
Provides for an exception to the Rhode Island access to public records law for certain lottery winners.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Edwards Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 03/28/2018

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State (Rhode Island)
Rhode Island 2018 Regular Session

Access To Public Records [HB-7465] [Data Privacy ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Law Enforcement ]
Requires government officials to convert all data, electronic or otherwise, retained in compliance with the access to public records act, into a form readily and easily retrievable to enable them to comply with a records request.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Blake Filippi Withdrawn At Sponsor's Request on 03/14/2018

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State (Rhode Island)
Rhode Island 2016 Regular Session

Access To Public Records [SB-2308] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ] [Data Privacy ]
Revises access to public records charter re: definitions of public body public record, right to inspect, copy records, arrest logs, compliance, costs, court jurisdiction, remedies, claims settlement, violations.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Frank Lombardi Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 04/28/2016

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State (Rhode Island)
Rhode Island 2016 Regular Session

Access To Public Records [HB-8124] [Education ] [Data Privacy ]
Provides that certain communications and information of a proprietary nature produced or received by faculty, staff, employees, or students at state institutions of higher education would not be deemed a public record.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lauren Carson House Passed Sub A on 06/14/2016

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State (Rhode Island)
Rhode Island 2016 Regular Session

Access To Public Records [HB-7973] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Data Privacy ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ]
Revises access to public records charter re: definitions of public body public record, right to inspect, copy records, arrest logs, compliance, costs, court jurisdiction, remedies, claims settlement, violations.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lauren Carson Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 04/06/2016

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State (Rhode Island)
Rhode Island 2016 Regular Session

Access [HB-7952] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Ethics ]
Grants the general assembly access to limited governmental records.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lauren Carson Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 04/06/2016

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State (Rhode Island)
Rhode Island 2016 Regular Session

Access [HB-7600] [Budget and Spending ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Grants the general assembly access to limited governmental records, needed to exercise proper oversight over state budget programs, including economic development programs.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lauren Carson Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 03/01/2016

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State (Rhode Island)
Rhode Island 2016 Regular Session

Publication Of Municipal And Other Public Budgets In Digital Form [HB-7035] [Budget and Spending ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Taxes ] [Public Safety ]
Makes public entity budgets available in digital form through the secretary of state.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. K. Joseph Shekarchi Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 02/09/2016

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State (Idaho)
Idaho 2016 Regular Session

Amends existing law to authorize inspection and copying of certain records relating to water quality. [SB-1238] [Water ] [Environmental ]
PUBLIC RECORDS - Amends existing law to authorize inspection and copying of certain records relating to water quality.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Became Law Without Governor's Signature On 03/23/16 Session Law Chapter 146 Effective: 07/01/2016 on 03/23/2016

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State (Idaho)
Idaho 2016 Regular Session

Amends existing law to provide that personal telephone numbers and electronic mailing addresses filed pursuant to elections or lobbyist and campaign finance laws are exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Act. [HB-530] [Elections ] [Data Privacy ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Telecommunications ] [Cybersecurity ] [Law Enforcement ] [Ethics ]
PUBLIC RECORDS - Amends existing law to provide that personal telephone numbers and electronic mailing addresses filed pursuant to elections or lobbyist and campaign finance laws are exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Reported Printed And Referred To State Affairs on 02/24/2016

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State (Idaho)
Idaho 2016 Regular Session

Amends existing law to provide that records of any certification or notification required by federal law to be made in connection with the acquisition or transfer of a firearm are exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Act. [HB-478] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Crime ] [Data Privacy ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
PUBLIC RECORDS - Amends existing law to provide that records of any certification or notification required by federal law to be made in connection with the acquisition or transfer of a firearm are exempt from disclosure under the Public Records Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Reported Signed By Governor On March 30, 2016 Session Law Chapter 279 Effective: 07/01/2016 on 03/30/2016

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State (Idaho)
Idaho 2016 Regular Session

Amends existing law to provide that records regarding critical infrastructure of any public agency shall be exempt from disclosure. [HB-447] [Cybersecurity ] [Infrastructure ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Data Privacy ]
PUBLIC RECORDS - Amends existing law to provide that records regarding critical infrastructure of any public agency shall be exempt from disclosure.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Reported Signed By Governor On March 23, 2016 Session Law Chapter 164 Effective: 03/23/2016 on 03/23/2016

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State (Idaho)
Idaho 2016 Regular Session

Amends existing law to add an exemption to the Public Records Act for certain cell phone numbers and email addresses on file with the Secretary of State's office. [HB-388] [Data Privacy ] [Telecommunications ]
PUBLIC RECORDS - Amends existing law to add an exemption to the Public Records Act for certain cell phone numbers and email addresses on file with the Secretary of State's office.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Reported Printed And Referred To State Affairs on 01/28/2016

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State (Louisiana)
Louisiana 2016 Regular Session

Exempts video or audio recordings generated by law enforcement body-worn cameras from Public Records Law. (8/1/16) [SB-398] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Data Privacy ]
Exempts video or audio recordings generated by law enforcement body-worn cameras from Public Records Law. (8/1/16)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ronnie Johns Effective Date 8/1/2016. on 06/13/2016

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State (Louisiana)
Louisiana 2016 Regular Session

Provides right of access to autopsy records, coroner's reports and similar documents. (gov sig) [SB-241] [Public Health ] [Law Enforcement ] [Healthcare ] [Public Safety ]
Provides right of access to autopsy records, coroner's reports and similar documents. (gov sig)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John Milkovich Effective Date 6/17/2016. on 06/17/2016

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State (Louisiana)
Louisiana 2016 Regular Session

Provides that certain records in the custody of the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors are exempt from the Public Records Law. (8/1/16) [SB-222] [Construction ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Data Privacy ]
Provides that certain records in the custody of the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors are exempt from the Public Records Law. (8/1/16)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Claitor Effective Date 8/1/2016. on 06/05/2016

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State (Louisiana)
Louisiana 2016 Regular Session

Requires public bodies to make certain information concerning the custodian of records publicly available [HB-81] [Data Privacy ] [Public Safety ]
Requires public bodies to make certain information concerning the custodian of records publicly available

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Broadwater Effective Date: 08/01/2016. on 06/17/2016

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State (Louisiana)
Louisiana 2016 Regular Session

Provides an exemption for certain information concerning the fitness of a person to be certified by the Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters [HB-518] [Data Privacy ]
Provides an exemption for certain information concerning the fitness of a person to be certified by the Board of Examiners of Certified Shorthand Reporters

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Broadwater Effective Date: 08/01/2016. on 06/09/2016

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