Open Records
An up-to-date archive related to Utah's Government Records Access and Management Act
Members of the Utah Media Coalition will rank upcoming legislation or legislative action on openness and accessibility and tell lawmakers and the public about those rankings. The following bills are those the coalition believes will affect the public's access to information in some way.
Public Transit District Customer Information This bill would make a private record of all customer information from transit agencies, principally the Utah Transit Authority. It is entirely proper to protect customer credit card information, but this bill is overly broad, written to include trip...
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Personal Identity Protection Amendments
This bill would change the Government Records Access and Management Act to make all birth dates on any records private. Like most states, Utah currently makes birth dates of registered voters public so that outside observers can verify the legitimacy...
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The Government Records Access and Management Act [GRAMA] is a broad-ranging Utah law dealing with the management of government records. First adopted in 1991 and revised several times, GRAMA is intended to balance the public's constitutional right to access information, individual privacy rights, and government's interest in restricting access to some records for the public good.
GRAMA Resources:
- Utah Office of the Attorney General
- Utah State Senate
- Utah House of Representatives
- Transparent.Utah.Gov
- Records Request Sample Form
House Bill 477 [HB477] was a controversial 75-page bill altering GRAMA that was passed quickly and with overwhelming House and Senate support during the 2011 session of the Utah Legislature. It was subsequently repealed during a special legislative session, in the face of public outcry. Legislative history of HB477. Legislative leaders have established a 25-member working group to study GRAMA.
Other Public Records Resources:
- Public Records Management Act
- Open and Public Meetings Act
- Uniform Electronic Transactions Act
- Department of Technology Services
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- HB 41: Campaign Filing by Media Owner
- HB 43: House Bill 43 (Hughes, R-Draper)
- HB 78: House Bill 78 (Powell, R-Heber City)
- HB 122: Fees for Goverment Records
- HB 207: Open and Public Meetings Act Notice Amendments
- HB 370: Personal Identity Protection Amendments
- HB 408: Criminal Suspect Photographs
- SB 3: Joint Rules Resolution on Requests for Legislation
- SB 12: Public Transit District Customer Information
- SB 77: Availability of Government Information
- SB 94: Government Records Amendment
- SB 181: Political Subdivisions Property Amendments
- SB 283: Availability of Public Information Amendments
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