Relating to public meetings of educational institution boards.
Summary
Digest: Requires most public schools and college boards to video record their meetings and post the meeting recordings on their websites and social media sites. This does not apply if a meeting is private or if a school district is very small. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.7). [ Digest: Requires public schools and college boards to live stream their meetings and post the meeting recordings on their websites and social media sites. This does not apply if a meeting is private. Allows remote testimony for most school and college board meetings. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). ] [ Requires the governing bodies of school districts, education service districts, community college districts and public universities to live stream governing body meetings, if technically practicable, and to post the recordings of the meetings on their official public body websites or social media sites. Excepts executive sessions. Requires educational institution governing bodies to also permit witnesses to testify via telephonic, electronic or virtual means if meetings also permit in-person oral testimony. ] Requires school districts, education service districts, community college districts and public universities to make video recordings of governing body meetings or, if the public body's facilities lack broadband Internet access, to make audio recordings, and to post the video or audio recordings, as applicable, of the meetings on their official public body websites or social media sites. Excepts executive sessions and does not apply to school districts with less than 50 students.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
House Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Feb 5, 2024
Signed Mar 27, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 21, 2024 · House Mar 5, 2024
How they voted
20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
Feb 21, 2024
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican7
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
7
Committee
5
Mar 27, 2024
Signed into law
Governor signed.
upper
Mar 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Speaker signed.
lower
Mar 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
Mar 5, 2024
Lower · Passed
Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by McIntire, Ruiz. Passed.
lower
Mar 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass.
lower
Feb 23, 2024
Committee
Referred to Education.
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Introduced
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
Third reading. Carried by President Wagner. Passed.
upper
Feb 20, 2024
Committee
Subsequent referral rescinded by order of the President.
upper
Feb 20, 2024
Upper · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded. (Printed A-Eng.)
upper
Feb 5, 2024
Committee
Referred to Education, then Ways and Means.
upper
Feb 5, 2024
Introduced
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
upper
3 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Emily McIntire
RRepublican
P
Ricki Ruiz
DDemocratic
P
Rob Wagner
DDemocratic
Co
Boomer Wright
RRepublican
Co
Deb Patterson
DDemocratic
Co
James Manning
DDemocratic
Co
Janeen Sollman
DDemocratic
Co
JB
Janelle Bynum
DDemocratic
Co
Jules Walters
DDemocratic
Co
Kim Thatcher
RRepublican
Co
Suzanne Weber
RRepublican
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