Years that state FOIA laws were enacted

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State	Law	Year enacted
Alabama	Alabama Public Records Law	1923
Alaska	Alaska Public Records Act	1900 (pre-statehood)
Arizona	Arizona Public Records Law	1901
Arkansas	Arkansas Freedom of Information Act	1967
California	California Public Records Act	-
Colorado	Colorado Open Records Act	1969
Connecticut	Connecticut Freedom of Information Act	1975
Delaware	Delaware Freedom of Information Act	1977
Delaware	District of Columbia Freedom of Information Act	-
Florida	Florida Sunshine Law	1995
Georgia	Georgia Open Records Act	-
Hawaii	Hawaii Uniform Information Practices Act	1975
Idaho	Idaho Public Records Act	1990
Illinois	Illinois Freedom of Information Act	1984
Indiana	Indiana Access to Public Records Act	1973[1]
Iowa	Iowa Open Records Law	1967
Kansas	Kansas Open Records Act	1984
Kentucky	Kentucky Open Records Act	1976
Louisiana	Louisiana Sunshine Law	1940
Maine	Maine Freedom of Access Act	1959
Maryland	Maryland Public Information Act	1970
Massachusetts	Massachusetts Public Records Act	1851[2]
Michigan	Michigan Freedom of Information Act	1977
Minnesota	Minnesota Data Practices Act	-
Mississippi	Mississippi Public Records Act	-
Missouri	Missouri Sunshine Law	-
Montana	Montana Public Records Act	-
Nebraska	Nebraska Public Records Law	-
Nevada	Nevada Open Records Act	-
New Hampshire	New Hampshire Right to Know Law	-
New Jersey	New Jersey Open Public Records Act	-
New Mexico	New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act	-
New York	New York Freedom of Information Law	1974
North Carolina	North Carolina Public Records Law	1935
North Dakota	North Dakota Open Records Statute	-
Ohio	Ohio Open Records Law	1963
Oklahoma	Oklahoma Open Records Act	-
Oregon	Oregon Public Records Law	1973
Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania Right to Know Act	-
Rhode Island	Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act	1979
South Carolina	South Carolina Freedom of Information Act	-
South Dakota	South Dakota Sunshine Law	-
Tennessee	Tennessee Open Records Act	-
Texas	Texas Public Information Act	-
Utah	Utah Government Records Access and Management Act	-
Vermont	Vermont Public Records Law	-
Virginia	Virginia Freedom of Information Act	-
Washington	Washington Public Records Act	-
West Virginia	West Virginia Freedom of Information Act	-
Wisconsin	Wisconsin Open Records Law	1917, updated 1983
Wyoming	Wyoming Sunshine Law	-

See Also

• State sunshine laws
• List of who can make public record requests by state
• Request response times by state

References

1. ↑ The Hughes Anti-Secrecy Act was in force prior to enactment of Indiana's current laws
2. ↑ The first law governing access to public records known in Massachusetts is an 1851 law that "all county, city or town records and files shall be open to public inspection"