Public agencies would release records from publicly funded investigations

Public bodies and agencies would have to make records, reports, and other materials from publicly funded investigations available under the right-to-know law. This covers investigations funded wholly or partly with public money. An agency may redact only information that state or federal law requires it to withhold, including legally protected personal information and privileged material. Redactions must cover only information the law requires agencies to withhold. Agencies could not withhold all findings, conclusions, recommendations, or factual summaries based on privacy exemptions. Public officials and employees acting in their official roles would have no personal privacy right in these investigations. The bill would take effect 60 days after passage.