Public Records

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Offices of individual legislators are “agencies” under Washington’s Public Records Act and subject to its general disclosure mandate, the state’s Supreme Court <a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/publicrecords-1.pdf"><strong>ruled</strong></a>. However, the state’s Senate, House of Representatives and Legislature are not “agencies” and are subject to a narrower disclosure mandate. </span>

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Offices of individual legislators are “agencies” under Washington’s Public Records Act and subject to its general disclosure mandate, the state’s Supreme Court ruled . However, the state’s Senate, House of Representatives and Legislature are not “agencies” and are subject to a narrower disclosure mandate.

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