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 their 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
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2018
Committee Review
Aug 2019
Senate Passage
Apr 2019
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Dec 10, 2018
Last action Aug 30, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Apr 22, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Apr 22, 2019
D
Democratic26
100% Yea
R
Republican8
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Aug 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
August 30 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
lower
Jul 11, 2019
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
May 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Com. on G.O.
lower
Apr 22, 2019
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 744.) Ordered to the Assembly.
upper
Apr 8, 2019
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 598.) (April 8).
upper
Mar 12, 2019
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 331.) (March 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Jan 16, 2019
Committee
Referred to Com. on G.O.
upper
Dec 10, 2018
Introduced
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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