Lawmakers go into damage control with backlash over public records bill
Legislators try to frame the bill as a win for open government, while opponents hope for veto by Gov. Jay Inslee
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Last updated 2/28/2018 at 10:21am
Following last week’s rapid-fire vote on a bill to exempt the Legislature from state public records laws, lawmakers are going into damage control with public backlash mounting.
The bill, SB 6617, explicitly exempts lawmakers from the state’s Public Records Act, and applies immediately and retroactively — meaning that existing records going back to statehood would be off limits to disclos...
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