Ortitay Gains Partial Victory In Records Request

May 23, 2021 4:37 am

The Office of Open Records partially ruled in favor of State Representative Jason Ortitay (R-46) on his appeal of records withheld by the Wolf administration regarding the advertisement of a constitutional amendment that would give victims of childhood sexual abuse recourse in civil court. The Office of Open Records ruled that 56 records were withheld by the Wolf administration in error, and must provide them to Ortitay in 30 days or appeal to the Commonwealth Court. Earlier this month, the House approved an Ortitay resolution creating a Select Committee on the Publication of Constitutional Amendments to study how constitutional amendments are advertised.