Some Proposed Open Government Exemptions BC-FL-XGR-Sunshine Laws, Adv

Mar 3, 2000 - 07:10 PM
The Associated Press

Here are some public records bills that open government advocates are concerned about:

- To create a public record exemption for all information concerning an investigation conducted by the state Department of Banking and Finance until the investigation is closed. If no charges were brought as a result of the investigation, the information would remain confidential (SB 1262).

- To close public records in investigations of politicians, which prosecutors say would protect whistleblowers from retaliation. The proposal (SB 1108) would allow such records to remain closed three years.

- To exempt from the state's public records law doctors' disciplinary histories at the hospitals where they practiced, reports on mistakes that doctors make in office settings, and legal notices about pending malpractice suits (HB 829).

- To create a public record exemption for information identifying the person administering lethal injection as part of a death sentence (SB 4).

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