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The people have a right to know the process by which decisions are made by their government. They must be able to review the documents and statistics which lead to those determinations, and this cannot be thwarted by the cloak of confidentiality or secrecy.
A law passed by the legislature is a public record, and the committee report is one of the most important elements in the legislative history of a bill. A committee report includes a section-by-section analysis of the bill, and it describes precisely what the law is intended to accomplish. It also lists any changes in existing laws and specifies exactly how the law will affect different persons and circumstances.
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