Senate Bigwigs Back down From Quid Pro Quo On Open Government

By Kleinheider Posted on April 23, 2008 at 10:48 am

John Rodgers reports on big open government news this morning out the Senate Finance Committee. It appears that the quest for a quid pro quo from open government groups has been abandoned:

The Senate Finance Committee gave its unanimous approval this morning to the first major change to the state’s open records law in 25 years, sending the measure to the Senate floor.

The Finance Committee approved the bill after Senate Democratic Leader Jim Kyle of Memphis backed away from a move to require good government groups involved in the open records bill to disclose where they received their funding.

See the bill here and Rodgers explanation of the differences between the Senate and House versions here.

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