Sen. Pileggi responds to concerns about SB1469
October 12, 2010 |
Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi, prime
sponsor of the 2008 Right to Know Law, has
responded to concerns raised by newspapers and
others regarding Senate Bill 1469. That
bill, which passed the Senate with no
negative votes this month, would have
amended the Right to Know Law to restrict
access to government contractor records,
charge the public for viewing a public
record, and expand access to 911 time
response logs and drafts considered at
public meetings, among other things. Senator
Pileggi intends to introduce a new bill in
January and promises a public, methodical
approach to amending the Law. Read
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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
among them. Read
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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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Pa. Senate approves changes to Right-to-Know Law
September 29, 2010 |
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A bill approved Wednesday
by the state Senate would make numerous changes
to the Right-to-Know Law, including one that
would allow a local agency to charge a per-page
fee to someone reviewing a public record. The
Senate voted unanimously without debate to send
the 19-page bill to the House.
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Pa. Senate leader proposes changes to open records
September 22, 2010 |
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Proposed revisions to
Pennsylvania's 2-year-old Right-to-Know Law -
with provisions that would expand access to some
government records and restrict it for others -
passed a legislative committee unanimously
Wednesday and could get a full Senate vote next
week. Read
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