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CS/SB 162: Public Records

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Perry

Public Records; Prohibiting an agency that receives a request to inspect or copy a record from responding to such request by filing an action for declaratory relief against the requester, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died on Calendar
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    8/20/2019 Senate • Filed
    9/19/2019 Senate • Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 16
    10/7/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 10/14/19, 2:30 pm, 301 Senate Building
    10/14/2019 Senate • Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 132
    10/15/2019 Senate • Now in Judiciary
    10/28/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 11/05/19, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
    11/5/2019 Senate • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 133
    11/6/2019 Senate • Now in Rules
    1/14/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 16
    2/14/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/19/20, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Building
    2/19/2020 Senate • CS by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 -SJ 346
    2/20/2020 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    2/21/2020 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    2/26/2020 Senate • CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 347
    3/5/2020 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/09/20 -SJ 550
    3/9/2020 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 543
    • Amendment(s) failed (590792) -SJ 543
    • Read 3rd time -SJ 543
    • Temporarily postponed on 3rd reading; On Unfinished Business -SJ 543
    3/14/2020 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died on Calendar

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  • CS/SB 162, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/20/2020 at 8:53 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 195 Public Records Rodrigues Similar Last Action: 3/14/2020 H Died on Calendar

    Floor Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    590792 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
    Perry 3/6/2020
    12:38 PM
    Senate: Failed
    3/9/2020
    Web Page
    PDF

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    119.07 Inspection and copying of records; photographing public records; fees; exemptions. Page 1 (pdf)

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  • SB 162, Original Filed Version Posted 8/20/2019 at 9:05 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Pre-Meeting) 10/11/2019 (pdf)
    Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Post-Meeting) 10/14/2019 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 11/4/2019 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 11/6/2019 (pdf)
    Rules (Pre-Meeting) 2/18/2020 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 2/20/2020 (pdf)

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    733682 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
    Rules
    (Perry)
    2/18/2020
    8:25 AM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/19/2020
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (3)

    Date Committee Result
    10/14/2019 2:30 PM Governmental Oversight and Accountability 5 Yeas - 0 Nays
    11/5/2019 2:00 PM Judiciary 6 Yeas - 0 Nays
    2/19/2020 10:00 AM Rules 17 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    119.07 Inspection and copying of records; photographing public records; fees; exemptions. Page 1 (pdf)

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