Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed legislation Thursday that will restrict access to records on her security detail, concluding a chaotic four-day special session that renewed debates over Arkansas open records and meeting law.
The Arkansas Senate and the House State Agencies Committee approved bills Wednesday to exempt records related to the governor s security detail from disclosure.
The Arkansas Senate and the House State Agencies Committee approved bills Wednesday to exempt records related to the governor s security detail from disclosure, following overwhelming pushback from the public that pressured lawmakers into scaling down their attempts to overhaul Arkansas open records and meetings law.
The legislation is a scaled down version of what Gov. Sarah Huckaee Sanders and Senate President Pro Tempore Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs, had proposed earlier this week.
The legislation, Senate Bill 10, is a scaled down version of what Sanders and Senate President Pro Tempore Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs, had proposed earlier this week.