Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: management and preservation of records and correspondence of members of the legislature. (FE)
Legislature — Member Public record Public records board
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Currently, the Public Records Board supervises the state’s public records management and preservation programs and may set retention schedules for public records. However, the records and correspondence of any member of the legislature are excluded from the definition of “public records” for public records retention purposes. This bill eliminates that exclusion.
Sponsors
Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Bare (D) , Brown (D) , Clancy (D) , Miresse (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Sinicki (D)
Full history
- Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Anderson, Sinicki, Moore Omokunde, Bare, Miresse, Brown, Clancy and Rivera-Wagner; cosponsored by Senators Larson and Spreitzer
- Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1