PRINTER'S NO. 3002
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2524
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY SCHMITT, RIGBY, HENNESSEY, B. MILLER, TOPPER,
RYAN, ZIMMERMAN, MOUL AND GROVE, APRIL 20, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 20, 2022
AN ACT
Amending the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), entitled
"An act providing for access to public information, for a
designated open-records officer in each Commonwealth agency,
local agency, judicial agency and legislative agency, for
procedure, for appeal of agency determination, for judicial
review and for the Office of Open Records; imposing
penalties; providing for reporting by State-related
institutions; requiring the posting of certain State contract
information on the Internet; and making related repeals," in
preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; in
access, further providing for open-records officer, for
regulations and policies, for uniform form, for requests and
for retention of records and providing for inmate access; in
procedure, further providing for written requests, for
redaction, for production of certain records and for
exceptions for public records; in agency response, further
providing for extension of time and providing for relief from
vexatious requesters; in appeal of agency determination,
further providing for filing of appeal and for appeals
officers; in judicial review, further providing for court
costs and attorney fees, for civil penalty, for fee
limitations and for Office of Open Records; and, in
miscellaneous provisions, further providing for relation to
other laws.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definitions of "independent agency," "local
agency" and "personal financial information" in section 102 of
the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-
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