TO REQUIRE ALL PUBLIC ENTITIES TO POST VIDEO RECORDINGS OF PUBLIC MEETINGS; AND TO REQUIRE ALL PUBLIC MEETINGS TO BE RECORDED IN VIDEO FORMAT.

HB 1836 (2025) would require all Arkansas public entities (like city councils, school boards, and county commissions) to record public meetings in video format with sound and post the recordings online within 24 hours. It mandates recordings be kept for one year and accessible upon request, with exemptions for executive sessions, volunteer fire departments, and cities of the second class until July 1, 2020. The bill applies to all "open public meetings" but does not cover meetings held by entities without websites (which would need to use social media). The bill was filed on March 18, 2025, referred to committee, and withdrawn by the author on March 31, 2025, so it is no longer active.