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Introduced
01/14/2025
01/14/2025
In Committee
01/14/2025
01/14/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
2025-2026 Regular Session
Bill Summary
Amending the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), entitled "An act providing for access to public information, for a designated open-records officer in each Commonwealth agency, local agency, judicial agency and legislative agency, for procedure, for appeal of agency determination, for judicial review and for the Office of Open Records; imposing penalties; providing for reporting by State-related institutions; requiring the posting of certain State contract information on the Internet; and making related repeals," in procedure, further providing for exceptions for public records.
AI Summary
This bill amends the Right-to-Know Law, which governs public access to government records, by modifying an existing exception for noncriminal investigations. Specifically, the bill adds the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission as an agency that will now be exempt from the existing restriction on public access to records related to noncriminal investigations. This means that while most state agencies' noncriminal investigation records remain protected from public disclosure, the Fish and Boat Commission's such records will now be subject to the standard public records access rules under the Right-to-Know Law. The change suggests a potential desire for increased transparency specifically for this commission's investigative processes. The bill includes a provision for immediate implementation upon enactment, indicating an urgency or immediacy to the legislative change.
Committee Categories
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Sponsors (9)
Clint Owlett (R)*,
Bud Cook (R),
Charity Grimm Krupa (R),
Joe Hamm (R),
Lee James (R),
Rob Kauffman (R),
Tina Pickett (R),
Brad Roae (R),
Brian Smith (R),
Last Action
Referred to Game & Fisheries (on 01/14/2025)
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