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Data-hosting bill advances to workgroup after committee debate over contracts and scope
Summary
Representative Steven Meeks’ House Bill 1514, intended to prevent vendors from withholding public data after contract termination and to require return in readable formats, drew questions about retroactive effect on existing contracts and vendor amendments; the sponsor agreed to seek tweaks with stakeholders.
Representative Steven Meeks told the committee HB 1514 was prompted by an incident in which a contractor hosting a sheriff’s department’s data declined to return the data at contract end, effectively holding it "for ransom." Meeks said the bill would make data stored by a data company for a public entity the property of that entity, require timely return in a readable format, and require vendors to destroy retained copies unless a GRAMA exemption or an express contract allows retention.
Kevin White of Legislative Audit told the committee the bill is designed to "gap fill" where existing contracts are…
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