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2024 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 502
BY SENATOR MIGUEZ
PUBLIC RECORDS. Provides relative to public records requests. (8/1/24)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 44:5(B)(4), relative to public records; to prohibit access to
3 records in the office of the governor pertaining to the security of the governor or his
4 family; to provide for sufficient information; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 44:5(B)(4) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 §5. Records of the office of the governor
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9 B.(1) * * *
10 (4) Notwithstanding Paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Subsection, any record of
11 the office of the governor pertaining to the schedule of the governor, his spouse, or
12 his child that contains security details that if made public may impair the safety of
13 the governor, his spouse, or his child may be held confidential for a period not to
14 exceed seven days following the scheduled event. However, nothing in this
15 Paragraph shall be interpreted or construed in a manner to make confidential all
16 records concerning a meeting or event that the governor attends and transportation
17 related thereto. The governor may keep a record concerning a meeting or event that
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1 the governor attends and transportation thereto privileged for a period not to exceed
2 seven days after the occurrence of the meeting or event.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Matt DeVille.
DIGEST
SB 502 Reengrossed 2024 Regular Session Miguez
Present law provides any record of the office of the governor pertaining to the schedule of
the governor, his spouse, or his child that contains security details that if made public may
impair the safety of the governor, his spouse, or his child may be held confidential for a
period not to exceed seven days following the scheduled event.
Present law further provides that nothing shall be interpreted or construed in a manner to
make confidential all records concerning a meeting or event that the governor attends and
transportation related thereto and that the governor may keep a record concerning a meeting
or event that the governor attends and transportation thereto privileged for a period not to
exceed seven days after the occurrence of the meeting or event.
Proposed law removes the provision of present law that limits holding records related to the
schedule of the governor or his spouse or child confidential to a period of seven days but
otherwise retains present law.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Amends R.S. 44:5(B)(4))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Senate Floor Amendments to engrossed bill
1. Make technical changes.
2. Provide that any record of the office of the governor pertaining to the
schedule of the governor, his spouse, or his child that contains security
details that if made public may impair the safety of the governor or the
governor's spouse or child may be held confidential.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.