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Senate approves records-access compromise that adds local appeals and disclosure thresholds
Summary
Senators passed a negotiated substitute to SB 157 that adds local records-committee appeals and sets thresholds for making certain consumer-protection complaints public; sponsor said the language represents agreements reached with media, industry and local governments.
The Utah Senate approved a substitute to Senate Bill 157 on the floor, a records-access measure the sponsor described as the product of months of bargaining among media representatives, industry groups and local governments.
Senator Bramble said the substitute changes the appeals process: a political subdivision with a records officer may establish a local records…
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