A divided appeals panel ruled Friday that a change to records-disclosure law does apply in a dispute that started years before the new law took effect.The 1st District Appellate Court majority affirmed a trial judge’s decision that denied a request from an engineer to obtain the complaint filed against him with a state regulatory agency.In 2012, Christopher J. Perry received notice that the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation was holding a hearing in response to a complaint filed against him …