Gov. Eric Holcomb vetoes House Bill 1523

Today Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb vetoed House Bill 1523, which would have let state and local government agencies charge up to $20 per hour to fulfill requests for public records that take more than two hours to find.

The Indiana Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists had opposed the bill.

Read Holcomb's veto letter here: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3677103-Veto-Letter-1523.html.