FOIA-RECURRENT REQUESTERS

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Reduces the number of record requests that must be made for a person to be considered a recurrent requester under the Act. Provides that public bodies must respond to requests from recurrent requesters with 30 (rather than 21) days after receipt of a request. Specifies that notice that requests are being treated as recurrent requests must be provided only once every 30 days. Provides that it is a violation of the Act for persons designated as recurrent requesters to knowingly obtain a public record without disclosing their status as recurrent requesters.

Every action

17 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Jan 27, 2026CommitteeRe-assigned to Executive · Senate Executive
2. Feb 4, 2026SenateTo Government Operations
3. Feb 18, 2026SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
4. Mar 13, 2026SenateRule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 27, 2026
5. Mar 27, 2026SenateRule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 24, 2026
6. Apr 24, 2026SenateRule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 15, 2026
7. May 15, 2026SenateRule 2-10 Committee/3rd Reading Deadline Established As May 22, 2026
8. May 22, 2026CommitteeRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments · Senate Assignments

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Democrat.

• Suzy Glowiak HiltonD Primary sponsor · District 23