Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session
Relating to: requiring the legislature to enact laws requiring reasonable notice of and public access to meetings of governmental bodies, including legislative committees, and making members of the legislature subject to citations and civil penalties for violations of such laws (first consideration).
Constitutional amendments — First consideration Legislature — Committees Legislature — Member Legislature — Procedure Open meeting _governmental_
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Adopted, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2017 legislature on first
consideration, requires the legislature to enact laws requiring reasonable notice of
and public access to meetings of governmental bodies, including legislative
committees, and makes members of the legislature subject to citations and civil
penalties for violations of such laws. Currently, the constitution exempts members
from civil process during the legislative session and for 15 days before and after the
session.
A constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive legislatures,
and ratification by the people, before it can become effective.