Opinion: Right to Know Law changes on hold
October 07, 2010 |
When the House went into its election recess
Wednesday (Oct. 6), it left a number of bills
that PNA opposes in committee. Since the passage
of Act 3, the Right to Know Law, numerous bills
have been introduced to carve out more exceptions
from the presumption of access in both chambers,
and although none have passed the House, three
proposals passed the Senate – all without debate,
and with less than a handful of negative votes
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Opinion: Right to Know issues back in the crosshairs: What's the rush?
September 29, 2010 |
Here we go again: bills to amend the 2008 Right
to Know Law are again on the move in our state
capitol, just a few weeks before the November
election, and after a one-year lull in any work
on open records legislation. In the Senate, the
new law's sponsor, Sen. Pileggi, is now
sponsoring Senate Bill
1469, a bill that would exempt
volunteer fire and rescue companies,
significantly cut back on the records
available from government contractors, prevent
the public from viewing bills from sewer and
other public authorities, and charge a member
of the public just to look at a public record.
Just introduced on September 20, it moved
quickly, and is scheduled for a Senate vote
today. Read
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