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House approves GRAMA reform package after extended debate over "vexatious requester" rules
Summary
The House adopted a substitute to SB231 to clarify government-records duties, add remedies for vexatious requesters and tighten timelines for agency responses. Sponsors said the bill was a negotiated compromise with the Media Coalition and the Attorney General; members pressed on administrative remedies and carve-outs for constitutional officers.
Representative Loubay presented Substitute Senate Bill 231, amendments to the Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA). "GRAMMA stands for the Government Records Access and Management Act," Loubay said, and summarized several changes: clarifying that an entity need not create a record that says it has no record, requiring a reasonable search standard, and creating a process and remedies for vexatious requesters.
Members asked detailed questions about the bill's practical effects.…
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