PUBLIC MEETINGS: Requires certain public bodies to broadcast meetings live via television or the internet (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
HB 103 requires certain public bodies, specifically city councils and their committees, to broadcast meetings live via television or the internet to improve public access. The bill includes a specific provision stating that there is no requirement to broadcast committee meetings where the members are volunteers. This legislation aims to increase transparency by mandating live streaming for eligible government gatherings while creating an exception for volunteer-led committees.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
Jun 2024
Introduced Feb 16, 2024
Signed Jun 10, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 21, 2024 · House Apr 9, 2024
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 38
May 21, 2024
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican26
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
5
Committee
5
May 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 92, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 13, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 9, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 101, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 3, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (14-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
Feb 16, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 25 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mike Johnson
RRepublican
Co
Adrian Fisher
DDemocratic
Co
Aimee Freeman
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Carpenter
DDemocratic
Co
Beth Billings
RRepublican
Co
Candace Newell
DDemocratic
Co
Chuck Owen
RRepublican
Co
Danny McCormick
RRepublican
Co
Delisha Boyd
DDemocratic
Co
Dodie Horton
RRepublican
Co
Gabe Firment
RRepublican
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