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PA HB1789
Bill
Status
8/10/2025
Primary Sponsor
Brett Miller
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AI Summary
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Amends Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know Law to expand the definition of "personal financial information" to include account passwords, IRS W-2 forms, benefit election information, retirement plan contributions, health care benefit contributions, and charitable contribution records
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Creates a new exception protecting government agencies' financial account numbers, routing numbers, credit card numbers, and PIN numbers from public disclosure under open records requests
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Requires agencies to redact their own financial account information from records to the extent necessary to protect account security
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Preserves public access to aggregated data on employer costs and employee costs for retirement, health care, and other benefits, as well as benefit options available to employees
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Takes effect 60 days after enactment
Legislative Description
In preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; and, in procedure, further providing for exceptions for public records.
Last Action
Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs & Operations
8/10/2025