FOIA-PERSON

Session: 104th General Assembly
Year: 2025
Bill #: HB2578
Category: FOIA, OMA and Public Notices
Position: Support
Mandate?
Revenue Loss?
Authority Preemption?

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Summary as Introduced

Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Changes the definition of "person". Allows, within 5 business days after its receipt of the request, a public body that has a reasonable belief that a request was not submitted by a person to require the requester to verify orally or in writing that the requester is a person. Provides that the deadline for the public body to respond to the request shall be tolled until the requester verifies that he or she is a person. Provides that, if the requester fails to verify that he or she is a person within 30 days after the public body requests such a verification, then the public body may deny the request.



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