Electronic Government
Electronic Access to Records and Information
2001 Enacted Legislation
Links to external sites if available.
Arizona
S.B.
1455
Makes changes in air quality statutes regarding state and county orders
of abatement, allowing the order to be renewable for not more than one
year and authorizes publishing information about orders issued and renewals
on agency web sites.
Arkansas
H.B.
1043
Requires the Department of Human Services to place the affidavit form
for placement on the Voluntary Adoption Registry on the Department's internet
website.
H.B.
1349
Requires the Secretary of State to post election campaign contributions
on its official web site.
H.B.
2317
Requires the mortgagee or trustee to publish foreclosure sale notices
via the Internet.
S.B.
571
Provides for the storage of county and municipal records in optical,
digital or electronic formats.
California
S.B.
442
Requires the director of e-government to develop and maintain an interactive
Internet-based site and inventory of low income rental housing which is
publicly assisted or financed.
S.B.
445
Requires the Board of Equalization and the Franchise Tax Board to publish
on the Internet public writings, pertaining to a matter subject to discussion
or consideration at a public meeting, that are distributed to a majority
of the members of the state body.
S.B.
680
Requires the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development to
post all reports on its Web site, and would specify that the reports include
a discussion of findings, conclusions, and trends concerning the overall
quality of medical outcomes for procedures and conditions studied by the
reports.
Colorado
H.B.
1155
Directs the state Bureau of Investigation to post a link to sex offender
registry information on the Colorado homepage including a digitized photograph
of the offender.
S.B.
76
Requires the boards of education for every school district to post
copies of all collective bargaining agreements on the school district's
website, if one is present.
Florida
H.B.
397
Amends provision which provides exemption from public records requirements
for personal identifying information given to Department of Transportation,
county, or expressway authority for purpose of prepaying electronic toll
facility charges by check, credit card, or charge card.
S.B.
1738
Directs Department of Environmental Protection and State Technology
Office to establish pilot project to test cost-effectiveness of publication
of notices on Internet in lieu of publication in Florida Administrative
Weekly; directs Department of State to publish notice of pilot project;
provides for role of State Technology Office in developing program for
on-line procurement of commodities and contractual services.
S.B.
2220
Provides for public access to electronic records, prohibits contacts
that impair public access to public records databases, authorizes governmental
agencies to acquire, hold & enforce copyrights for data processing
software they create and authorizes sale or license of such software.
Idaho
S.B. 1025
Amends existing law to revise the state procurement statutes to permit
certain notices and solicitations to be posted electronically; to permit
bids to be submitted electronically; to remove the vendor registration
requirement; and to allow vendors to register online to be notified of
bid opportunities.
S.B. 1192
Amends existing law to provide that the department may provide public
access to the sex offender registry by means of the Internet; and to provide
that a fee may be collected for each response to a written request for
information.
Illinois
H.B.
1029
Amends the Freedom of Information Act, the State Records Act, the Department
of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Local
Records Act, the Campus Security Act, the Illinois Vehicle Code, and the
Code of Civil Procedure to specify that references to news media include
print and electronic format newspapers, periodicals, and news services
and include television networks.
H.B.
3209
Amends the Freedom of Information Act to exempt computer graphic systems
from disclosure when disclosure could reasonably be expected to produce
private gain or public loss.
S.B.
289
Provides that the Department of Professional Regulation may post the
annual newsletter on its website instead of publishing it. Requires the
Department to describe the most recent changes in the Act and the rules
adopted under the Act in the newsletter. Provides that the newsletter shall
contain information of any final disciplinary action ordered under the
Act since the last newsletter.
S.B.
833
Amends the Architectural, Engineering, and Land Surveying Qualifications
Based Selection Act to provide that the professional services bulletin
shall be available electronically and may be available in print.
S.B.
898
Requires a school district to post its current annual budget, itemized
by receipts and expenditures, on the district's Internet web site, if the
district has a web site. Requires the school district to notify the parents
or guardians of its students that the budget has been posted on the district's
web site and the web site's location.
S.B.
950
Provides that the Director of Public Aid may disclose a "deadbeats
most wanted list" of individuals who are in arrears in their child support
obligations under an Illinois court order or administrative order via the
Internet.
Indiana
H.B.
1229
Allows the legislative services agency to distribute enrolled acts to
the clerks of circuit court in electronic form, but permits the circuit
court clerk to choose either electronic or paper distribution.
H.B.
1503
Allows, rather than requires, a public agency to waive a fee for providing
an electronic map if the electronic map will be used for a noncommercial
purpose
H.B.
1510
Requires the Indiana Election Division to make voter registration forms
available on the Internet website maintained by the division so that the
forms can be downloaded. Requires the state Department of Health and the
Department of Correction to make certain information concerning deceased
voters and incarcerated individuals available to the election division
electronically.
H.B.
1673
Requires the Indiana Donation Alliance Foundation to create a website
regarding organ donation.
H.B.
1770
Requires the Health Professions Bureau to create and maintain profiles
for health care providers that are available to the public, including on
the Internet.
Kansas
S.B.
98
Requires that all proclamations issued by the governor which are not
published in the Kansas register shall be published on the official Kansas
website.
Louisiana
H.B.
363
Creates the Sex Offender Registry Technology Fund.
S.C.R.
34
Requests the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to make available
a subject index of pending legislation on the department's Internet web
page.
Maine
L.D.
336
Protects the privacy of physicians in the State by preventing the Board
of Licensure in Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Licensure from disclosing
to the public certain personal information.
L.D.
1681
Requires state and local governments to include notice of their information
practices on their publicly accessible sites on the Internet to inform
the public about what information is being collected, how it will be used,
how to access and correct information and what security measures are taken
to prevent improper use of the information. Requires state agencies to
include in their review under the State Government Evaluation Act an analysis
of their information practices and their use of information technology.
Creates a commission to examine public concern about collection of personal
information by governmental entities and to create a comprehensive information
practices law governing collection and management of personal information
by governmental entities.
Massachusetts
S.B. 1820
This order modifies Senate Rules to authorize providing each Senator
an e-mail address, require the text of Senate bills to be made available
via the Internet, and require that all formal sessions of the Senate during
which the general appropriation bill is considered to be webcast live on
the Internet, if not broadcast on live television.
Missouri
H.B. 453
Pertains to storage of business and government records in electronic
form.
Montana
H.B.
109
Permits the dissemination of sex offender registration information
and educational materials about release of and notification about sexual
or violent offenders prepared for the public, on the Internet.
H.B.
112
Provides that electronic mail used for the transaction of official
business is a public record.
Nebraska
L.B. 574
Provides for the implementation of a digital system for issuance of
motor vehicle operators' licenses and state identification cards
Nevada
A.B. 60
Requires a public body to post a notice of its meetings on its website
on the Internet if the public body maintains such a website.
New Jersey
A.B.
4
Establishes sex offender Internet registry. Creates an Internet Registry
Advisory Council to consult with and make recommendations to the Legislature,
Governor and Attorney General with regard to the Internet registry.
A.B. 1484
Requires the Office of Administrative Law to publish notices on the
Internet prior to amending or adopting new rules.
S.B.
934
Requires that data reported to the Department of Health and Senior
Services for inclusion in cancer registry be incorporated in registry and
made available electronically within one year.
S.R.
93
Creates Senate Task Force on Internet Access to Sex Offender Registration
Information, which is directed to 1) study, review and make recommendations
concerning the manner and scope in which access to sex offender registration
information will be made available through the Internet; 2) examine whether
certain groups of sex offenders should be excluded, such as juveniles,
offenders whose risk of re-offense has been assessed as low, offenders
convicted of crimes involving consensual sexual activity and offenders
convicted of crimes involving family members or relatives; 3) examine whether
additional funding or personnel are required to ensure offender compliance
and accuracy of the registry; and 4) examine whether penalties for vigilantism
and harassment should be enhanced and whether there should be a program
of community education concerning such penalties.
New Mexico
H.B.
608
Relates to electronic records; provides for technological neutrality;
changes definitions; provides broad rule-making authority; changes responsibility
for electronic authentication of documents from the Secretary of State
to the Information Technology Management Office.
S.B.
234
Makes certain workers' compensation administration records open to
the public.
New York
A.B. 9065
S.B. 3972
Permits an agency to deny from public disclosure records that could
facilitate unauthorized access to an agency's information technology assets.
S.B. 3972
Permits an agency to deny from public disclosure records which would
jeopardize an agency`s capacity to guarantee the security of its information
technology assets.
North Carolina
H.B.
1362
Requires the Secretary of State to establish and maintain a statewide,
on-line, central registry for advance health care directives. The registry
shall be accessible over the Internet through a site maintained by the
Secretary of State.
North Dakota
S.B.
2446
Requires public notice of individuals deemed moderate or high risk
sex offenders and permits disclosure via the Internet.
Oklahoma
H.B. 1276
Directs state agencies to make schedules and information available
on the Internet.
S.B. 77
Authorizes the head of any municipal department, commission, bureau
or board to have any or all records kept by the official, department, commission,
bureau or board photographed, micro-photographed, photo-stated, reproduced
on film or stored on optical or hard disk.
Oregon
H.B.
3389
By June 30, 2005, each state agency shall make available on the Internet
any report that the state agency is required by law to publish. If a statute
or rule requires a state agency to issue a printed report, that requirement
is satisfied if the state agency makes the report available on the Internet.
S.B.
370
The Department of State Police may make specified information about
sex offenders available electronically or other means.
Pennsylvania
H.B.
168
Requires that a list of all qualified tax collectors be posted on the
department's website annually.
Rhode Island
H.B.
6413
Permits a school committee to add agenda items not appearing in the
required published notice under two conditions: (1) the revised agenda
is posted on the school district's website and the two public locations
required at least forty-eight hours in advance of the meeting;
S.B.
1027
This act authorizes electronic reporting of campaign finance reports.
Tennessee
S.B.
1159
The Department shall maintain on its website information about driving
under the influence of an intoxicant including penalties, fees, and other
information regarding violation of the state's drunk driving laws.
S.B.
1473
Classifies as confidential any records that would allow a person to
obtain unauthorized access to confidential information or to government
property, including information that: 1) is used to protect confidential
information, government property, or officers and employees of a governmental
agency; 2) would permit the unlawful disruption to, or interference with,
the services provided by a governmental entity; and 3) could be used to
disrupt, interfere with, or gain unauthorized access to confidential information
or government property.
Texas
H.B.
59
Makes a voter information guide for judicial elections available to
the public on the Internet.
H.B.
1712
Requires the State Bar of Texas to create an online profile of each
attorney licensed in Texas.
H.B.
2589
Relating to the required posting of information on a state agency's
Internet site and to the security, confidentiality, and management of certain
information.
H.B.
2914
States that any requirement of the Department of Information Resources
or the Texas State Library and Archives Commission that generally applies
to one or more state agencies using electronic records or electronic signatures
is considered to be a recommendation to the comptroller concerning the
electronic records or electronic signatures used by the comptroller.
S.B.
625
Authorizes the clerk of the Court of Criminal Appeals to maintain writs
and other records and documents in an electronic storage format.
S.B.
834
Requires the Health and Human Services Commission, in cooperation with
the Department of Information Resources, to establish and maintain through
the TexasOnline project established by the Department of Information Resources
a generally accessible and interactive Internet site that contains information
for the public regarding the services and programs provided or administered
by each of the health and human services agencies throughout the state.
S.B.
1146
Provides electronic access to information about environmental and natural
resources information through the Texas Online Portal.
S.B.
1380
Requires a registered sex offender's driver's license photo be included
in the central database including the public web site.
Utah
H.B.
27
Modifies the Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act and the Administrative
Procedures Act by amending statutory language to facilitate the electronic
delivery of government services by governmental agencies; provides definitions
for purposes of electronic records in governmental agencies; and amends
provisions relating to the cost of rulemaking publications.
Virginia
H.B.
656
Provides for a civil penalty not to exceed $500 for the failure to
file a campaign report by the due date and provides for additional $500
penalties for second and subsequent failures during one election cycle.
Requires the Secretary of the State Board of Elections to assess the penalty
for missing the filing deadline and to give public notice on the Internet
of the penalty and violator.
H.B.
1591
Authorizes pawnbrokers to maintain required records electronically.
Upon request by a law-enforcement official, pawnbrokers are required to
make such electronic records available and may charge a service fee for
making providing electronic reports.
H.B.
1772
Clarifies that those records held by a circuit court clerk include
records stored in electronic format whether the storage media for such
electronic records are on premises or elsewhere and provides that remote
access users are individuals who are not employees of the clerk's office.
H.B.
2043
Requires the Supreme Court to promulgate rules to restrict remote electronic
access to records in any cases filed electronically in the electronic filing
pilot projects, to judges, court personnel, any persons assisting such
persons in the administration of the electronic filing system, counsel
of record, and parties appearing pro se.
H.B.
2169
Prohibits agencies and court clerks that accept methods of payment
other than cash, including but not limited to credit cards, debit cards,
electronic checks, and other electronic payment and billing systems, for
fees, services, taxes, or other charges, to disclose such account information
or social security numbers or other identification numbers on driver's
licenses. The prohibition does not apply if such disclosure is required
to conduct and complete the transaction for which other methods of payment
are used or if such disclosure is required by other law or ordered by the
courts.
H.B.
2281
Requires that the State Police forthwith post information on the Internet
regarding a sexually violent offender.
H.B.
2421
Provides that any electronically transmitted Governor's warrant of
arrest shall be treated as an original document if it precedes receipt
of the original by no more than four days.
S.B.
646
Modifies the present law requirement for the preparation and distribution
of a brief, neutral explanation of each proposed constitutional amendment
approved by the General Assembly and submitted to the voters for approval
or rejection. The changes include a requirement to post the explanation
on the State Board of Elections website on the Internet, authorization
for a brief statement on the effect of a "yes" or "no" vote, and a requirement
for prompt preparation of the explanation.
S.B.
1003
Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to establish a statewide
program to manage used motor oil, oil filters and antifreeze and create
and promote a web site to provide consumers with information on collection
sites.
S.B.
1322
Clarifies that separately contacting the membership, or any part thereof,
of any public body for the purpose of ascertaining a member's position
with respect to the transaction of public business, whether such contact
is done in person, by telephone or by electronic communication is not prohibited,
provided the contact is done on a basis that does not constitute a meeting
as defined by FOIA. The bill also clarifies that any electronic communication
generated by the separate contacts is still a "public record" under FOIA.
West Virginia
H.B. 2409
Includes in the sex offender registry information relating to Internet
accounts and screen names.
Wyoming
S.F. 34
Provides that information obtained through the Wyoming natural diversity
database is exempt from the Public Records Act as specified.
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