Bills Assigned to Keyword - FOIA (6)

Date of Last Recorded Action: 5/8/2024


H 3235 Changes the amount and time period to return records requested under FOIA05.29.12 The Senate Judiciary committee gave this bill a favorable report with a minority report.02.21.12 The House Judiciary committee gave this bill a favorable report as amended by the subcommittee and with an amendment by the full committee. The committee amendment removes the exemption for legislators.02.08.12 The House Judiciary Special Laws subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report with an amendment. Among other changes, the amendment prohibits public bodies from charging for administrative time in gathering records and caps the charge for copies at the prevailing market rate. The amendment also requires that if the records are more than 24 months old, the public body may take up to 45 days to comply with the request.  02.01.12 The House Judiciary Special Laws subcommittee adjourned debate on this bill.Summary of the bill as introduced: Requires records to be furnished at current market value to the person requesting the records. This bill also requires a public body to furnish records for inspection or copying immediately but no later than 30 days after the date of the formal request.
Sponsor: Taylor House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Minority Report Removed Status Date: 6/5/2012
Keywords: FOIA
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H 3891 Meetings with the governor conducted under FOIASummary of the bill as introduced: Requires that meetings of the governor with appointed agency or department heads together with other public officials must be open to the public under the same conditions that meetings of public bodies must be open to the public under the FOIA.
Sponsor: J.E. Smith House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Status Date: 3/9/2011
Keywords: FOIA
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H 4498 Requires the preservation of certain electronic communications of public officialsSummary of the bill as introduced: Requires the preservation of certain electronic communications of public officials that constitute public records for a period of five years after creation.
Sponsor: Butler Garrick House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Status Date: 1/10/2012
Keywords: FOIA
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H 4502 Honoring History by Preserving Public Officials Correspondence ActSummary of the bill as introduced: Prohibits public officials from the intentional deletion of certain electronic  communications that constitute public records.
Sponsor: Cobb-Hunter House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Status Date: 1/10/2012
Keywords: FOIA
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H 4740 Exempts certain information from a Freedom of Information Act requestSummary of the bill as introduced: Exempts information to be used in a prospective law enforcement action or criminal prosecution and exempts the work product and related privileged communications of prosecuters from FOIA.
Sponsor: Murphy House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Member(s) request name removed as sponsor: Horne, Daning Status Date: 3/27/2012
Keywords: FOIA
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S 1350 Prevents public bodies from charging fees to process electronic copiesSummary of the bill as introduced: Prevents a public body from charging for electronic copies of any public record requested under FOIA and any fees that are charged must not exceed the prevailing commercial rate. The bill also reduces the number of days to return a FOIA request from 15 business days to 15 calendar days.
Sponsor: Rose House Com: Senate Com:
Status: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Status Date: 3/20/2012
Keywords: FOIA
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Municipal Association of South Carolina
1411 Gervais St., PO Box 12109, Columbia, SC 29211
Phone: 803.799.9574, Fax: 803.933.1299, mail@masc.sc