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Senate backs records-access changes requiring training, summaries and penalties for deliberate destruction
Summary
First substitute Senate Bill 163 passed the Senate after a floor exchange over how the bill changes training, summaries and media handling under Utah’s records law. Sponsors said the aim is more transparency and timelier responses; critics sought assurances it would not limit access.
The Utah Senate passed first substitute Senate Bill 163, a package of changes to state records practice that sponsors said standardizes training for records officers, requires a one-page summary for agency rules on records requests and adds a criminal penalty for intentional destruction of records to thwart disclosure.
Senator Harper, the sponsor, told the chamber the bill compiles existing training into a single one-page handout to be provided to records officers,…
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