Delaware House Bill 72 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on March 9 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-09 - Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House
Pending: House Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act would remove the broad exemption that the University of Delaware and Delaware State University currently receive under the state Freedom of Information Act. In recognition of the sensitive nature of some records held by public universities, this Act would also add some specific exemptions for public universities. Specifically, confidential letters or statements related to admission, employment or honors would not be a public record for purposes of FOIA. Universities would not be required to disclose scholarly research or information related thereto where such information is of a proprietary nature. Finally, certain information related to fundraising activities would be protected from disclosure. Delawares FOIA, as currently written, already exempts personally identifiable student information protected by the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Freedom Of Information Act.

Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Rep. Charles Potter [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]
Rep. Earl Jaques [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]
Sen. Charles Paradee [D]	Rep. Kimberly Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-09		Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25458
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25458&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB72