To establish procedures for appealing a denial by the House or Senate open records law coordinator of a Freedom of Information Act request submitted to the legislature, or the fees demanded to fulfill it. Appeals would go not to the courts but to an existing Legislative Council appointed by legislature itself, which would have final say on whether the information will be provided. This is part of a package comprised of House Bills 4383 to 4392 that would extend the state’s open records law to the legislature, subject to a range of exceptions and exemptions.   Official Text and Analysis.

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.