Pub. Rec./Law Enforcement Officers Actively Engaged in Official Duty

Summary

The bill lets a law enforcement officer who is actively performing a duty—such as responding to a call or conducting an investigation—to decline to accept or process a public‑records request at that moment. The officer must tell the requester they cannot help and point them to the agency’s records custodian or an online portal. If the requester knowingly persists, they could be charged with resisting an officer without violence.

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