State senators approved a public records bill Monday after changing it to keep secret from the public many documents that show how elected officials make decisions.
The bill — Senate File 25 — also would prohibit the public from seeing correspondence that is sent to less than a majority of a political body.
The legislation is expected to return to the Senate today for a second reading. It was approved Monday on a 20-9 vote.
“I don’t think it goes in the right direction for disclosure of public business,” Sen. Leland Christensen, R-Alta, said Monday afternoon. “It could limit access to the public process.”
Christensen, who spoke out against the bill Monday, said he hoped to build enough support to kill it.
The bill — Senate File 25 — also would prohibit the public from seeing correspondence that is sent to less than a majority of a political body.
The legislation is expected to return to the Senate today for a second reading. It was approved Monday on a 20-9 vote.
“I don’t think it goes in the right direction for disclosure of public business,” Sen. Leland Christensen, R-Alta, said Monday afternoon. “It could limit access to the public process.”
Christensen, who spoke out against the bill Monday, said he hoped to build enough support to kill it.
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