Open meetings.
Summary
Requires a governing body of a school corporation or charter school to permit oral public comment on a topic before the governing body takes final action on the topic. Allows the governing body of a state or local public agency to conduct a meeting electronically without any governing body members physically present if a state or local disaster emergency is declared and the following circumstances exist: (1) Meeting in person would present an imminent risk to the health or safety of the governing body and public. (2) In the case of a governing body of a school corporation or charter school, in addition to the presence of the circumstances described in (1), at least one school within the jurisdiction of the school corporation or charter school is closed because of the disaster emergency. Adds a definition of "charter school" for purposes of the open door law that includes a virtual charter school.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House Passage
Feb 2022
Signed into Law
Mar 2022
Introduced Mar 3, 2022
Signed Mar 15, 2022
Floor votes · House Feb 28, 2022
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
35
Key actions
7
Committee
5
Amendments
4
Mar 15, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
Mar 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 354: yeas 39, nays 11
upper
Mar 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 373: yeas 93, nays 0
lower
Mar 8, 2022
Introduced
CCR # 1 filed in the House
lower
Mar 8, 2022
Introduced
CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
upper
Mar 3, 2022
Amended
Senate dissented from House amendments
upper
Mar 3, 2022
Introduced
Motion to dissent filed
upper
Mar 1, 2022
Amended
Returned to the Senate with amendments
lower
Feb 28, 2022
Lower · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 294: yeas 94, nays 0
lower
Feb 24, 2022
Amended
Amendment #1 (DeLaney) prevailed; voice vote
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
lower
Feb 2, 2022
Committee
Referred to the House
upper
Feb 1, 2022
Upper · Passed
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 143: yeas 45, nays 4
upper
Jan 31, 2022
Amended
Amendment #1 (Leising) prevailed; voice vote
upper
Jan 27, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
upper
3 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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