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Committee votes 8-6 to recommend 'do not pass' on bill to exempt employee performance and discipline records
Summary
House Bill 1185, which proposed broad exemptions to open records law for employee performance and discipline records and a longer closed period for investigatory records, was rejected by the House Judiciary Committee in an 8-6 vote after members called the proposal overly broad.
The House Judiciary Committee voted 8 to 6 to recommend a "do not pass" disposition for House Bill 1185 after extended discussion about an amendment that would broadly exempt employee performance and discipline records from public inspection.
Representative Vedder moved the do-not-pass motion, and Representative Christiansen seconded. The committee's vote followed concerns that the proposed amendment -- described in the hearing as coming from county and city interests and presented by staff including a reference to Stephanie Dasinger from county associations -- would apply statewide and could, in committee members' words, "lie in the face of the sunshine law." Critics said the change would…
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