HB229 Alabama 2022 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Ben Robbins Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2022

Title

Open Meetings Act, participation in meetings by electronic communication further provided, Sec. 36-25A-5.1 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, certain governmental bodies may conduct meetings where certain members may participate by means of telephone conference, video conference, or other similar communications equipment, so long as all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time.

However, participants communicating in this manner are not considered present at the meeting for purposes of establishing a quorum.

This bill would provide if a meeting is conducted utilizing electronic communication to allow members to participate remotely, the meeting must be conducted in such a manner as to allow members of the public to also participate remotely.

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Subjects

State Government