By Emma Epperly
WNPA Olympia News Bureau 

By changing it, bill would skirt court ruling that Legislature must follow state records law

Lawmakers propose limits on scope of Public Records Act for Legislature only

 

Last updated 2/6/2019 at 9:39am



Legislation proposed on the last day of January would largely exempt state legislators from the Public Records Act, according to the attorney who led the fight against a similar bill last year.

That bill was passed in a last-minute move after a Thurston County Superior Court judge ruled in January 2018 that the Legislature was subject to the Public Records Act and had not been in compliance fo...



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