Introduced
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To expand the authority of the legislative Auditor General to "access" agency records (not just "examine" them), including electronic data and confidential records, while authorizing criminal sanctions for unauthorized releases of information. The Auditor General is authorized by the constitution and tasked with doing financial audits for all state institutions, departments, agencies and authorities. The House Fiscal Agency reports that more than 100 current laws restrict access to "sensitive" information to specified persons and purposes.
Referred to the Committee on Oversight
Reported without amendment
Refer to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
Reported without amendment
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Passed in the House 103 to 3 (details)
To expand the authority of the legislative Auditor General to "access" agency records (not just "examine" them), including electronic data and confidential records, while authorizing criminal sanctions for unauthorized releases of information. The Auditor General is authorized by the constitution and employed by the legislature through a non-partisan Legislative Council, and is tasked with doing financial audits of all state departments, agencies, authorities and other institutions. The House Fiscal Agency reports that more than 100 current laws restrict access to "sensitive" information to specified persons and purposes.<br> Note: In 2018 then-Governor Rick Snyder vetoed a similar bill (House Bill 4259 of 2017) as an "unconstitutional overreach that would blur the separation between the legislative and other branches".
Referred to the Committee on Oversight
Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)
Passed in the House 107 to 0 (details)
To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.
