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Three bills improving open government laws clear House and Senate

Three bills that improve open government have cleared both the House and Senate. One will improve the transparency of public meetings of hundreds of state boards and commissions. Another brings more transparency to deaths that occur in local jails and state prisons. And the third clarifies language in the public records law that sometimes causes confusion over ID requirements and the responsibility of government to search for records.

Legislature’s Open Records Ad Hoc Committee to hold first meeting Aug. 14

By Deborah Fisher|2018-08-06T20:08:43-05:00August 6, 2018|Categories: exemptions, Legislature, Public Records|Tags: exemptions, Open Records Ad Hoc Committee, State Rep. Bob Ramsey, State Rep. Jason Zachary, State Rep. Jeremy Faison, State Rep. Raumesh Akbari, State Sen. Jeff Yarbro, State Sen. Kerry Roberts, State Sen. Mike Bell, State Sen. Todd Gardenhire|0 Comments

The Open Records Ad Hoc Committee will hold its first meeting at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 14 at the Cordell Hull building as part of an effort to review a growing list of exemptions to the public records act. Lt. Gov. Randy McNally and House Speaker Beth Harwell formed the committee in June after a report showed the number of statutory exemptions to Tennessee Public Records Act had grown to 538. State Rep. Jason Zachary, R-Knoxville, is the House chairman of the joint Open Records Ad Hoc Committee, which was formed after a report showed the number of statutory exemptions to the public records law had grown to 538. [...]