SB 1437 — public records; format; fees

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fees State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session SENATE BILL 1437 HoffmanAN FloorACT AmendmentAMENDING ReferenceSECTION to:39-121.01, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES;

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Council1437 FLOORBe AMENDMENTit EXPLANATIONenacted •by Specifiesthe thatLegislature copies of a public record must be provided in the leastState expensiveof mannerArizona: possible and with a preference for providing electronic copies.

Amendment explanation prepared by Anna Nguyen 2/10/2026 Fifty-seventh Legislature Hoffman Second Regular Session S.B.

1437 HOFFMAN FLOOR AMENDMENT SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B.

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The bill as proposed to be amended is reprinted as follows:

It shall be IS the duty of each such body to carefully secure, protect and preserve public records from Senatedeterioration, Amendmentsmutilation, loss or destruction, unless THE PUBLIC RECORD IS disposed of pursuant to S.B.sections 41-151.15 and 41-151.19.

1437 deterioration, mutilation, loss or destruction, unless THE PUBLIC RECORD IS disposed of pursuant to sections 41-151.15 and 41-151.19.

At the time of the request, the requesting person shall affirm that the public record is not for a commercial purpose or, if the public record is for a commercial purpose, that the requesting person will provide a statement that- explains1 the- intendedS.B. use pursuant to section 39-121.03, subsection A.

1437 that explains the intended use pursuant to section 39-121.03, subsection A.

ON REQUEST, COPIES OF A PUBLIC RECORD SHALL BE PROVIDED IN THE LEAST EXPENSIVE MANNER POSSIBLE AND [INWITH AN] [WITH A PREFERENCE FOR PROVIDING]PROVIDING ELECTRONIC [FORMAT]COPIES. [COPIES].

Access to a public record is deemed denied if a custodian fails to promptly respond to a request for production of a THE public record or -2-fails Senateto Amendmentsprovide to S.B.the requesting person an index of any record or categories of records that are withheld from production pursuant to subsection D, paragraph 2 of this section.

1437- fails to provide to the requesting person an index of any record or categories of records that are withheld from production pursuant to subsection D, paragraph 2 of- this section.

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