Requires members of a public body to complete a minimum level of training on the state's open meetings law and freedom of information law
Summary
Requires members of a public body to complete a minimum of two hours of training, with one hour on the state's open meetings law and one hour on freedom of information law; requires certain local, city, county, town and village public body members to complete such training as well.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 27, 2026
Last action Jun 5, 2026
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Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
0
Committee
3
Jun 5, 2026
Committee
COMMITTED TO RULES
upper
Apr 28, 2026
Committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
upper
Mar 27, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO ETHICS AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Shelley Mayer
DDemocratic/Working Families
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