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Senate advances GRAMA changes to streamline appeals and permit providing compiled public publications
Summary
The Senate adopted an amendment and advanced SB 15 to allow agencies to provide compiled public publications in response to GRAMA requests, extend response time for notice-of-claim prediscovery to 30 days, and funnel appeals first to the State Records Committee to reduce forum shopping.
Senate Bill 15, presented by Senator Thomas, was debated on the floor and advanced after adoption of a negotiated amendment with media stakeholders.
Thomas summarized three main elements: permitting a government entity to provide a compiled public publication to a requester under GRAMA instead of raw records (to prevent duplicative searches), extending the response time to 30 days for GRAMA requests when a notice of claim has been filed (to align with judicial discovery timeframes), and streamlining appeals so all initial appeals go…
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