Sunshine Committee Delays Its Recommendation on the Legislature's Exemption to the Public Records Act ... Again
Update 5/21
Here's a good editorial from the Longview Daily News. Thanks to the Og-Blog for pointing it out.
Original Post 5/15
As noted in this article from the Spokesman Review, the Sunshine Committee voted on Tuesday, May 12 to delay any vote on the Public Records Act "exemption" that makes most records of state legislators exempt from the PRA. The article quotes Ramsey Ramerman, the editor of this blog and member of the Sunshine Committee.
Here are more details from the Washington Policy Blog. And here's a post from the Open Records blog giving the issue some national attention.
The vote was influenced by several factors, including that only 8 of the 13 members were present; and, a concern that some legislative records may have constitutional protections. The matter will be on the Committee's July agenda.
Here are two earlier blog posts on this subject:
Sunshine Committee considers clearing the clouds over the capitol
How the Legislature has exempted itself from the Public Records Act
