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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 153

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Relating to: application of the open meetings law to legislative party caucuses.

Legislature Legislature — Rules — Assembly Legislature — Rules — Joint Legislature — Rules — Senate Open meeting _governmental_

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Currently, under the open meetings law, with certain exceptions, meetings of

state and local governmental bodies must be preceded by public notice, must be held

in places that are reasonably accessible to the public, and must be open to the public

at all times. The open meetings law does not apply to any partisan caucus of the

senate or assembly, except as provided by legislative rule.

This bill deletes the exception in the open meetings law that makes the law

inapplicable to a partisan caucus of the senate or assembly. Under the bill, no rule

of the senate or assembly and no joint rule of the legislature that exempts a partisan

caucus of the senate or assembly from compliance with the open meetings law is

valid.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Berceau (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , E. Brooks (R) , Goyke (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Hintz (D) , Johnson (D) , Kahl (D) , Kolste (D) , Mason (D) , Riemer (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Wachs (D) , Zamarripa (D)

Full history

  1. Apr 8, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Mason, E. Brooks, Berceau, Bowen, Brostoff, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Johnson, Kahl, Kolste, Riemer, Sinicki, Subeck, Wachs, Zamarripa and Spreitzer

  2. Apr 8, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations

  3. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1