PUBLIC MEETINGS: Provides relative to notifications of public meetings and duties of public bodies and the commissioner of administration relative thereto (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
This bill directs the Commissioner of Administration to create a specific timeline and implementation plan for the technological features of a public meetings website. The requirement applies to the state agency responsible for administering the website established under existing law. By mandating a structured rollout schedule, the legislation ensures that the digital platform for public meetings is developed systematically. This change focuses on the administrative duties of the Commissioner rather than altering the fundamental rules for holding public meetings.
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 29, 2024
Signed Jun 11, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 31, 2024 · House Apr 18, 2024
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 37
May 31, 2024
D
Democratic12
91% Yea
R
Republican25
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
7
Committee
9
May 31, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 101, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
May 31, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 28, 2024
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
upper
May 23, 2024
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
Apr 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 97, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 15, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (18-0).
lower
Apr 8, 2024
Committee
Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
lower
Apr 4, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (12-0).
lower
Mar 11, 2024
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
Feb 29, 2024
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Stephanie Hilferty
RRepublican
Co
Aimee Freeman
DDemocratic
Co
Mandie Landry
DDemocratic
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