New open-records legislation is on its way to the governor’s desk with the unanimous support of both chambers of the Legislature.

The Senate yesterday passed the bill, which is designed to let the public know more about state and local government spending and operations.

The sweeping rewrite of the Right-to-Know law was a key part of a wider reform agenda aimed at garnering public trust that was lost over the middle-of-the-night pay raises lawmakers approved for themselves in 2005.

Under the changes, all government records will be considered public unless their custodian can show there is an exemption in the law precluding disclosure.