Bills 2018
The Right-to-Know Law changes as new bills pass into law. Almost every year there are proposed bills to amend the Right-to-Know Law. This year, Right to Know NH has proposed 7 bills to strengthen the ability of citizens of New Hampshire to access their government. There are 6 bills already submitted to Legislative Services and assigned numbers. We have a Senate sponsor for a seventh bill, not yet assigned an LSR number.
LSR 2018-2309: requiring records to be kept for certain exempt convenings under the right-to-know law
STATUS: Submitted to Legislative Services by Rep. Kurt Wuelper.
LSR 2018-2310: relative to collective bargaining under the right-to-know law
STATUS: Submitted to Legislative Services by Rep. Kurt Wuelper.
LSR 2018-2324: relative to information to be included in the minutes under the right-to-know law.
STATUS: Submitted to Legislative Services by Rep. Michael Sylvia.
LSR 2018-2339: relative to costs charged under the right-to-know law
STATUS: Submitted to Legislative Services by Rep. Michael Sylvia.
LSR 2018-2340: prohibiting costs for inspection of governmental records under the right-to-know law
STATUS: Submitted to Legislative Services by Rep. Michael Sylvia.
LSR 2018-2568: relative to employment of chief executive officers under the right-to-know law
STATUS: Submitted to Legislative Services by Rep. Michael Sylvia.
relative to access to electronic records under the right-to-know law
STATUS: Sponsored by Sen. Bob Giuda.
There are other bills that appear to affect the Right-to-Know Law besides those proposed by RTKNH. Here are the other bills so far:
LSR 2018-2229: relative to public bodies under the right-to-know law.
STATUS: Submitted to Legislative Services by Rep. Michael Brewster.
LSR 2018-2671: relative to costs of requests which are in electronic format under the right-to-know law.
STATUS: Submitted to Legislative Services by Rep. Kevin Verville.
If you know the bill number, you can track its progress here or use the NH State Legislature Portal.
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