PRINTER'S NO. 699
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
525
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY DUSH, BROOKS, CULVER AND LAUGHLIN, MAY 3, 2023
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MAY 3, 2023
AN ACT
Amending the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), entitled
"An act providing for access to public information, for a
designated open-records officer in each Commonwealth agency,
local agency, judicial agency and legislative agency, for
procedure, for appeal of agency determination, for judicial
review and for the Office of Open Records; imposing
penalties; providing for reporting by State-related
institutions; requiring the posting of certain State contract
information on the Internet; and making related repeals," in
agency response, providing for vexatious requester.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known
as the Right-to-Know Law, is amended by adding a section to
read:
Section 906. Vexatious requester.
(a) Petition.--An agency may petition the Office of Open
Records for relief from an individual that the agency alleges is
a vexatious requester. The petition shall:
(1) Be submitted under penalty of 18 Pa.C.S. § 4904
(relating to unsworn falsification to authorities).
(2) Be provided to the Office of Open Records and the
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