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SB 300: Public Records/Appellate Court Clerks and their Spouses and Children

PUBLIC RECORDS/GENERAL BILL by Rouson

Public Records/Appellate Court Clerks and their Spouses and Children; Defining the term “appellate court”; providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current appellate court clerks and the spouses and children of such appellate court clerks; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for retroactive application of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 2/18/2025 Senate - Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Judiciary (JU)
  2. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/17/2025 Senate • Filed
    1/29/2025 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
    2/10/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/18/25, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
    2/18/2025 Senate • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 9 NAYS 1
    • Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability

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  • SB 300, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/17/2025 at 11:48 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 2/17/2025 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 2/18/2025 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 373 Pub. Rec/Appellate Court Clerks Gottlieb Identical Last Action: 2/12/2025 H Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    158546 - Amendment
    Delete line 352 and insert:
    Judiciary
    (Rouson)
    2/17/2025
    3:13 PM
    Withdrawn
    2/18/2025
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/18/2025 4:00 PM Judiciary 9 Yeas - 1 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of public records. Page 1 (pdf)
    744.21031 Public records exemption. Page 16 (pdf)

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