HB 1360Access to public records.

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+513 / −687 words · LargeConfidence: high

This version substantially expands exemptions from Indiana's public records law by adding over thirty new categories of protected information. The changes codify confidentiality for previously scattered provisions (such as patient medical records, Social Security numbers, and trade secrets) while creating entirely new protections for economic development negotiations, legislative work product, law enforcement recordings, and various administrative materials. The bill removes its original preamble describing the public access counselor's duty to identify excessive records requests, eliminates structural provisions that appeared to address data scraping concerns, and broadens the scope of discretionary exceptions available to public agencies. Most significantly, the changes consolidate multiple confidentiality provisions that were likely spread across different statutes while simultaneously expanding agency discretion to withhold advisory, deliberative, and negotiation-related records.