Bill | Sponsor | Title | Description |
68
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Archambault, Conley, Lombardi, Morgan, Lombardo |
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS – ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS
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Revises access to public records charter re: definitions of public body public record, right to inspect, copy records, arrest logs, compliance, costs, court jurisdiction, remedies, claims settlement, violations (ACCESS/RI bill)
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177
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Sosnowski, Jabour, Conley, Felag
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AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS – ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS
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Excludes preliminary drafts, notes, impressions, memoranda, working papers and work products involving research at state institutions of higher learning from the definition of a public record. |
347
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Raptakis, Cote, Sheehan, Jabour, Archambault |
AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY — ELECTRONIC VOTING
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Requires the joint committee on legislative services to make the record of the votes of the general assembly available to the public and the secretary of state electronically within thirty (30) minutes. |
381
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McCaffrey, Lombardi
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AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT — OPEN MEETINGS
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Excludes weekends and state holidays from the calculation of the forty-eight (48) hour public notice requirement, and requires all public bodies to keep minutes of open meetings and file their minutes with the secretary of state. |
418
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Quezada, Metts, Calkin, Crowley, Jabour
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AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS — PUBLIC RECORDS— RESTORATION OF VOTING RIGHTS
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Requires the department of corrections to provide certain nonprofit organizations with a list containing information about formerly incarcerated inmates who have become eligible to vote to assist in their efforts in registering former felons to vote. |
419
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DiPalma, Pearson, Seveney, Ciccone, Conley
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AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT — OPEN MEETINGS
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Requires that all public bodies keep official minutes of all meetings and file copies of these minutes with the secretary of state within thirty-five (35) days of the meeting for inspection by the public.
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