OPEN MEETING-RECORD REVIEW
Summary
Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that a public body's failure to strictly comply with the requirements of the semi-annual review of closed meetings minutes does not make the minutes or verbatim recordings open to the public or available in judicial proceedings (other than those for violations of the Act) if the public body, within 60 days of the discovery of its failure, conducts the review and reports in an open meeting that the need for confidentiality remains or no longer exists. Effective immediately.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2005
Committee Review
Apr 2005
Senate Passage
May 2005
House Passage
May 2005
Signed into Law
Aug 2005
Introduced Apr 11, 2005
Signed Aug 10, 2005
Floor votes · Senate Apr 11, 2005 · House May 24, 2005
How they voted
46–0
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 52
Apr 11, 2005
D
Democratic27
96% Yea
R
Republican25
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Aug 10, 2005
Signed into law
Governor Approved
upper
May 24, 2005
Upper · Passed
Passed Both Houses
upper
May 24, 2005
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (106-0-2)
house
Apr 27, 2005
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000
lower
Apr 20, 2005
Committee
Assigned to State Government Administration Committee
lower
Apr 11, 2005
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 11, 2005
Introduced
Arrived in House
lower
Apr 11, 2005
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (46-0-6)
senate
Mar 10, 2005
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Executive; 009-000-001
upper
Mar 2, 2005
Committee
Assigned to Executive
upper
Feb 25, 2005
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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