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Committee advances substitute to update GRAMA, clarify FERPA handling and records‑committee membership
Summary
The Senate committee unanimously replaced Senate Bill 163 with a first substitute and favorably recommended the measure, which updates GRAMA, modifies State Records Committee membership and clarifies how requests that may implicate FERPA are handled.
The Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Standing Committee unanimously approved replacing Senate Bill 163 with a first substitute and favorably recommended the substitute to the full Senate.
Senator Harper, the sponsor, described the bill as an update to the Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA) that strengthens training, record retention, reporting and access while criminalizing knowing destruction of records to avoid disclosure. He told the committee the substitute also moves several election‑related record…
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