We're more than halfway through Utah's legislative session. The latest: State lawmakers are considering a bill that would dismantle a long-time committee that determines which government records are available to the public.

The legislation would replace the volunteer State Records Committee with a government appointee to decide whether government records are public or private.

A bill that would dismantle the citizen committee that decides disputes over the release of government records and replace it with an administrative law judge appointed by the governor narrowly won approval from a Utah Senate committee Tuesday.

A Senate committee advanced a bill that would replace Utah's seven-person panel that oversees public records with a single attorney appointed by the governor.