Open meetings.
Summary
The Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act requires that all meetings of a state body, as defined, be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend and participate in a meeting of a state body, subject to certain conditions and exceptions. This bill would specify that the definition of "state body" includes an advisory board, advisory commission, advisory committee, advisory subcommittee, or similar multimember advisory body of a state body that consists of 3 or more individuals, as prescribed, except a board, commission, committee, or similar multimember body on which a member of a body serves in his or her official capacity as a representative of that state body and that is supported, in whole or in part, by funds provided by the state body, whether the multimember body is organized and operated by the state body or by a private corporation. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2015
Committee Review
Aug 2015
Assembly Passage
Jun 2015
Senate Passage
Aug 2015
Vetoed
Sep 2015
Introduced Jan 6, 2015
Vetoed Sep 28, 2015
Floor votes · Senate Aug 31, 2015 · Assembly Jun 1, 2015
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Aug 31, 2015
D
Democratic23
100% Yea
R
Republican10
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
7
Committee
9
Amendments
2
Jan 15, 2016
Vetoed
Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
lower
Sep 28, 2015
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor.
lower
Aug 31, 2015
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Aug 31, 2015
Lower · Passed
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
lower
Aug 18, 2015
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 17).
upper
Jul 14, 2015
Committee
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Jun 11, 2015
Committee
Referred to Com. on G.O.
upper
Jun 1, 2015
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (72-0)
assembly
May 28, 2015
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28).
lower
Apr 22, 2015
Committee
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
lower
Apr 16, 2015
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
Apr 15, 2015
Lower · Passed
Read second time and amended.
lower
Apr 14, 2015
Introduced
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 8).
lower
Jan 26, 2015
Committee
Referred to Com. on G.O.
lower
Jan 7, 2015
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee February 6.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Scott Wilk
RRepublican
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