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Bill to open closed personnel investigations of elected officials advances amid transparency arguments
Summary
Sen. William Fulton said SB 145 would expand Public Information Act access to personnel and administrative investigative records involving elected officials once the ethics commission closes a file; press groups supported the bill as a transparency measure while witnesses asked for safeguards for complainant anonymity.
Sen. William Fulton told the committee SB 145 would give the public access to personnel records and administrative investigations of elected officials and persons appointed to fill office "once the ethics commission has closed its file." Fulton argued the change would align transparency for elected officials with longstanding public access to similar records for law enforcement and other public employees. "I think all elected officials should have…
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