State lawmakers narrowly defeated a bill that would have given state and local government entities up to three weeks to fulfill many requests made under the Colorado Open Records Act.
A Colorado House bill would require municipal jails to maintain and make available to the public a daily record of inmates like county jails must do.
A bill advancing in the state legislature would enhance transparency requirements for municipal courts and reinforce livestreaming mandates for all criminal courts in Colorado.
Colorado lawmakers defeated a measure that would have required people testifying before legislative committees to swear an oath to tell the truth under penalty of perjury.
An initiative for the fall ballot filed by the leaders of the Independence Institute and the League of Women Voters of Colorado would enshrine in the Colorado Constitution “a fundamental right to know the affairs of all levels of state and local government.”
State lawmakers are trying for the third straight year to give state and local government entities up to three calendar weeks to fulfill many Colorado Open Records Act requests.
