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"… mation was now considered public record.In 2011, the legislature created a Public Records Study Committee — three members of the House and three from the Senate â …"

"… Operations, chaired by Rep. Donna Sweaney, D-Windsor, who also sits on the Public Records Study Committee and co-sponsored the bill. Mike O’Grady, legislative cou …"