Staff Analysis of the Legislation
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03.15.2016 The Senate Judiciary Committee gave this bill a favorable report as amended by the subcommittee. There was a minority report placed on the bill.
03.01.2016 The Senate Judiciary Committee carried this bill over.
02.16.2016 The Senate Judiciary Committee carried this bill over.
02.09.2016 The Senate Judiciary Committee carried this bill over.
02.03.2016 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. The amendment provides that an appeal from the Administrative Law Court automatically halts the the FOIA production requirement. The amendment also clarifies that a public body has the ability to appeal an action to the Office of FOIA review, it adds greater flexibility to the final documentation production time and protects public bodies from FOIA requests that seek personal information for commercial solicitation.
01.21.2016 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee met and heard testimony on this bill but did not take action.
05.20.2015 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee adjourned debate on this bill.
05.13.2015 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee carried this bill over.
05.06.2015 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee carried this bill over.
02.10.2015 The House Judiciary Committee gave this bill a favorable report with amendments. The amendments set attorney's fees, remove two hours of free time for records retrieval that was included in the previous versions, and specifies that the 30 day production deadline doesn't start running until the 25 percent deposit has been paid by the party submitting a request.
02.04.2015 The House Judiciary Constitutional Laws subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report.
Summary of the bill as introduced: Creates the Office of Freedom of Information Act Review within Administrative Law Court and reduces the time in which a public body has to respond to requests from 15 days to ten days. |
