Committee advances bill to remove population thresholds from Minnesota public data law
The House Judiciary Finance & Civil Law Committee recommended re-referral of House File 19-17 to the Committee on Election Finance and Government Operations, a bill that would remove population cutoffs that currently limit public access to certain complaint-related records about local officials.
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The House Judiciary Finance & Civil Law Committee on Monday recommended re-referral of House File 19-17, a bill that would remove population-based thresholds from Minnesota's public data law and make certain records about local public officials available regardless of city or county size. Representative Paul Anderson moved the bill; the committee advanced it by voice vote and sent it to the Committee on Election Finance and Government Operations.
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