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SB 564 Nonconfidential court records; clerk of court shall make records available to public upon request.
Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Public access to nonconfidential court records. Provides that a clerk of court or the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall make nonconfidential court records or reports of aggregated, nonconfidential case data available to the public upon request. The bill specifies that such records or reports shall be provided no later than 30 days after the request. The bill further provides that the clerk may charge a fee for responding to such request that shall not exceed the actual cost incurred in accessing, duplicating, reviewing, supplying, or searching for the requested records. Finally, the bill requires the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to make available to the public an online case information system of nonconfidential information for criminal cases by July 1, 2019. This bill incorporates SB 519 and is identical to HB 780.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104550D pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106007D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/08/18 Senate: Printed as engrossed 18106007D-ES1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/23/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18107387D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB564ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/30/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0584) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/18 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104550D
- 01/09/18 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/31/18 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/18 Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106007D-S1
- 01/31/18 Senate: Incorporates SB519 (Mason)
- 01/31/18 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/06/18 Senate: Reported from Finance with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/18 Senate: Read second time
- 02/08/18 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/08/18 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 18106007D-S1
- 02/08/18 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/08/18 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/08/18 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB564ES1
- 02/08/18 Senate: Printed as engrossed 18106007D-ES1
- 02/09/18 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/18 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/14/18 House: Read first time
- 02/14/18 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/15/18 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
- 02/19/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/18 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (18-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18107387D-H1
- 02/27/18 House: Read second time
- 02/28/18 House: Taken up out of order pursuant to House Rule 52 (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/18 House: VOTE: AGREE TO MOTION (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/18 House: Read third time
- 02/28/18 House: Committee substitute agreed to 18107387D-H1
- 02/28/18 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB564H1
- 02/28/18 House: Passed House with substitute (97-Y 2-N)
- 02/28/18 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 2-N)
- 02/28/18 House: Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- 02/28/18 House: Passed House with substitute (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/18 House: VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/18 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/18 Senate: Title replaced 18107387D-H1
- 03/05/18 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/05/18 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB564ER)
- 03/05/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/14/18 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 14, 2018
- 03/14/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
- 03/30/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 584 (effective - see bill)
- 03/30/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0584)