OPEN MEETINGS-RIGHT TO SPEAK
Summary
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that any person seeking to address public officials in an open meeting shall be allowed to do so at least once per meeting, and any rule limiting a person to speaking no more than once in a given number of days shall be void. Allows the public body to reasonably limit the amount of time given to a person to address public officials during an open meeting. Provides that there shall be nothing under the rules established and recorded by the public body requiring persons seeking to address public officials to do anything more than state his or her name for the record immediately prior to addressing the public officials.
Bill status
failed
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2017
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 10, 2017
Last action Jan 8, 2019
Floor votes
How they voted
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
1
Committee
4
Apr 28, 2017
Committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 8, 2017
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 006-001-000
lower
Mar 1, 2017
Committee
Assigned to State Government Administration Committee
lower
Feb 10, 2017
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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