We supported a bill which would comprehensively update Rhode Island’s Access to Public Records Act for the first time in over a decade. Among many other things, these important updates would reduce the costs for obtaining records, ensure appropriate community access to arrest reports and records of investigations into police misconduct, and require more transparency by agencies in explaining record denials.
Access to Public Records Act Reform (H 5454, S 420)
Sponsors
Representative Joseph Solomon and Louis DiPalma
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