l9n/ Oregon

2021 Regular Session

House Bill 2485

Requires state agencies to reduce public records request fees by 50 percent if request is made in public interest, and requires state agencies to entirely waive fees if public records request is in public interest and narrowly tailored.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Rules Committee on June 26, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Requires state agencies to reduce public records request fees by 50 percent if request is made in public interest, and requires state agencies to entirely waive fees if public records request is in public interest and narrowly tailored. Requires requests made by members of news media to be treated as in public interest. Requires, on or after January 1, 2022, local governments, local service districts and special government bodies to make identical reductions and waivers in public records requests fees unless governing body of records custodian conducts public meeting, deliberates on and resolves not to adopt fee reductions and waivers. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

3 co-sponsors

Marty Wilde, Jack Zika, Andrea Salinas

Its course

January 11 to June 26, 2021, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action5 actions on 5 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 11 to Jun 26 · stopped166 days

Waiting for a committeeJan 11 to Jan 198 days

RulesJan 19 to Jun 26 · stopped158 days

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 11 – Jun 26

  1. Jan 11Introduced
  2. Jan 19Sent to Rules
  3. Feb 18Heard in Rules
  4. Mar 18Heard in Rules
  5. Jun 26Died when the session ended
All 5 actions, as published
  1. Jan 11First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
  2. Jan 19Referred to Rules.House of Representatives
  3. Feb 18Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
  4. Mar 18Work Session held.House of Representatives
  5. Jun 26In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives