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State	Law	Ombudsman?
Alabama	Alabama Public Records Law	No
Alaska	Alaska Public Records Act	Yes
Arizona	Arizona Public Records Law	Yes[1]
Arkansas	Arkansas Freedom of Information Act	No
California	California Public Records Act	No
Colorado	Colorado Open Records Act	No
Connecticut	Connecticut Freedom of Information Act	Yes
Delaware	Delaware Freedom of Information Act	No
Delaware	District of Columbia Freedom of Information Act	No
Florida	Florida Sunshine Law	No
Georgia	Georgia Open Records Act	No
Hawaii	Hawaii Uniform Information Practices Act	Yes
Idaho	Idaho Public Records Act	No
Illinois	Illinois Freedom of Information Act	Yes
Indiana	Indiana Access to Public Records Act	Yes
Iowa	Iowa Open Records Law	Yes
Kansas	Kansas Open Records Act	Yes
Kentucky	Kentucky Open Records Act	No
Louisiana	Louisiana Sunshine Law	No
Maine	Maine Freedom of Access Act	No
Maryland	Maryland Public Information Act	No
Massachusetts	Massachusetts Public Records Act	Yes
Michigan	Michigan Freedom of Information Act	No
Minnesota	Minnesota Data Practices Act	No
Mississippi	Mississippi Public Records Act	No
Missouri	Missouri Sunshine Law	No
Montana	Montana Public Records Act	No
Nebraska	Nebraska Public Records Law	No
Nevada	Nevada Open Records Act	No
New Hampshire	New Hampshire Right to Know Law	No
New Jersey	New Jersey Open Public Records Act	Yes
New Mexico	New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act	No
New York	New York Freedom of Information Law	Yes
North Carolina	North Carolina Public Records Law	No
North Dakota	North Dakota Open Records Statute	No
Ohio	Ohio Open Records Law	No
Oklahoma	Oklahoma Open Records Act	No
Oregon	Oregon Public Records Law	No
Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania Right to Know Act	Yes[2]
Rhode Island	Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act	No
South Carolina	South Carolina Freedom of Information Act	No
South Dakota	South Dakota Sunshine Law	No
Tennessee	Tennessee Open Records Act	Yes[3]
Texas	Texas Public Information Act	No
Utah	Utah Government Records Access and Management Act	No
Vermont	Vermont Public Records Law	No
Virginia	Virginia Freedom of Information Act	No
Washington	Washington Public Records Act	No
West Virginia	West Virginia Freedom of Information Act	No
Wisconsin	Wisconsin Open Records Law	No
Wyoming	Wyoming Sunshine Law	No

[edit] See also

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

[edit] References

1. ↑ In Arizona, there is an Office of the Ombudsman-Citizens Aide. This is where complaints about any state agency are directed, except that the statewide constitutional officers (governor, attorney general, state treasurer and secretary of state) are exempt from investigation by this ombudsman's office.
2. ↑ Established in 2008
3. ↑ Established in 2008