Oregon House Bill 2485 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Failed on June 26 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-06-26 - In committee upon adjournment.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires state agencies to reduce public records request fees by 50 percent if request is made in public interest, and requires state agencies to entirely waive fees if public records request is in public interest and narrowly tailored. Requires state agencies to reduce public records request fees by 50 percent if request is made in public interest, and requires state agencies to entirely waive fees if public records request is in public interest and narrowly tailored. Requires requests made by members of news media to be treated as in public interest. Requires, on or after January 1, 2022, local governments, local service districts and special government bodies to make identical reductions and waivers in public records requests fees unless governing body of records custodian conducts public meeting, deliberates on and resolves not to adopt fee reductions and waivers. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Relating to public records; declaring an emergency.

Rep. Karin Power [D]

Rep. Andrea Salinas [D]

Rep. Marshall Wilde [D]

Rep. Joseph Zika [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-06-26	House	In committee upon adjournment.
2021-03-18	House	Work Session held.
2021-02-18	House	Public Hearing held.
2021-01-19	House	Referred to Rules.
2021-01-11	House	First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2485
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2485/Introduced