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Bill
447A
2016
Freedom
Index
Score
(0)
Analyst:
Wayne
Hoffman
Date:
March
3,
2016
ANALYSTS
NOTE:
House
Bill
447a
is
a
public
records
exemption
bill.
It
would
refine
the
public
records
exemption
passed
in
2002,
intended
to
prevent
certain
sensitive
records
from
being
used
by
terrorists
to
destroy
critical
government
infrastructure.
The
amendment
to
House
Bill
447
was
intended
to
balance
the
need
to
protect
government
records
with
the
public's
right
to
know.
Therefore,
the
resulting
impact
on
the
Freedom
Index's
government
transparency
metric
makes
the
bill
neutral.