Bill > HB4444

This bill amends the Freedom of Information Act, which is a law that allows the public to access government records. The key changes are to the fees that government bodies can charge for fulfilling record requests. Specifically, the bill allows public bodies to charge the actual cost for personnel time spent searching for, retrieving, and reviewing records for necessary redactions, instead of the previous limit of $10 per hour. However, the first two hours of this search and retrieval time will be free, a reduction from the previous eight free hours. Additionally, the bill removes a provision that limited these cost recovery rules to only commercial requests, meaning these new fee structures will apply to all requesters.