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2012 SESSION

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HB 141 Freedom of Information Act; exempts personal information in constituent correspondence.

Introduced by: Mark L. Cole | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Freedom of Information Act; personal information in constituent correspondence.  Provides an exemption from the mandatory disclosure provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for the names, physical addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses contained in correspondence between an individual and a member of the governing body, school board, or other public body of the locality in which the individual is a resident, unless the correspondence relates to the transaction of public business. The bill provides that no record that is otherwise open to inspection under FOIA shall be deemed exempt by virtue of the fact that it has been attached to or incorporated within any such correspondence.

FULL TEXT

• 01/04/12  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100485D  pdf
• 02/09/12  House: Printed as engrossed 12100485D-E  pdf
• 02/28/12  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB141ER)  pdf
• 04/09/12  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0726)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/04/12  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100485D
• 01/04/12  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 01/13/12  House: Assigned GL sub: #2 FOIA/Procurement
• 02/02/12  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/12  House: Reported from General Laws with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/12  House: Read first time
• 02/09/12  House: Read second time
• 02/09/12  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/09/12  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB141E
• 02/09/12  House: Printed as engrossed 12100485D-E
• 02/10/12  House: Read third time and passed House (96-Y 2-N)
• 02/10/12  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (96-Y 2-N)
• 02/10/12  House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 02/10/12  House: Passed House (97-Y 1-N)
• 02/10/12  House: VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (97-Y 1-N)
• 02/13/12  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/13/12  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
• 02/20/12  Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (11-Y 4-N)
• 02/22/12  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/12  Senate: Read third time
• 02/23/12  Senate: Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N)
• 02/28/12  House: Enrolled
• 02/28/12  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB141ER)
• 02/28/12  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/29/12  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/09/12  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 726 (effective 7/1/12)
• 04/09/12  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0726)