Bill Text: CA AB2720 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: State agencies: meetings: record of action taken.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-20 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 510, Statutes of 2014. [AB2720 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB2720-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2720	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  510
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 20, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 20, 2014
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 14, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 25, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 7, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 2, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ting

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 11123 of the Government Code, relating to
public meetings.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2720, Ting. State agencies: meetings: record of action taken.
   The Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act requires, with specified
exceptions, that all meetings of a state body, as defined, be open
and public and all persons be permitted to attend any meeting of a
state body. The act defines various terms for its purposes, including
"action taken," which means a collective decision made by the
members of a state body, a collective commitment or promise by the
members of the state body to make a positive or negative decision, or
an actual vote by the members of a state body when sitting as a body
or entity upon a motion, proposal, resolution, order, or similar
action.
   This bill would require a state body to publicly report any action
taken and the vote or abstention on that action of each member
present for the action.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 11123 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   11123.  (a) All meetings of a state body shall be open and public
and all persons shall be permitted to attend any meeting of a state
body except as otherwise provided in this article.
   (b) (1) This article does not prohibit a state body from holding
an open or closed meeting by teleconference for the benefit of the
public and state body. The meeting or proceeding held by
teleconference shall otherwise comply with all applicable
requirements or laws relating to a specific type of meeting or
proceeding, including the following:
   (A) The teleconferencing meeting shall comply with all
requirements of this article applicable to other meetings.
   (B) The portion of the teleconferenced meeting that is required to
be open to the public shall be audible to the public at the location
specified in the notice of the meeting.
   (C) If the state body elects to conduct a meeting or proceeding by
teleconference, it shall post agendas at all teleconference
locations and conduct teleconference meetings in a manner that
protects the rights of any party or member of the public appearing
before the state body. Each teleconference location shall be
identified in the notice and agenda of the meeting or proceeding, and
each teleconference location shall be accessible to the public. The
agenda shall provide an opportunity for members of the public to
address the state body directly pursuant to Section 11125.7 at each
teleconference location.
   (D) All votes taken during a teleconferenced meeting shall be by
rollcall.
   (E) The portion of the teleconferenced meeting that is closed to
the public may not include the consideration of any agenda item being
heard pursuant to Section 11125.5.
   (F) At least one member of the state body shall be physically
present at the location specified in the notice of the meeting.
   (2) For the purposes of this subdivision, "teleconference" means a
meeting of a state body, the members of which are at different
locations, connected by electronic means, through either audio or
both audio and video. This section does not prohibit a state body
from providing members of the public with additional locations in
which the public may observe or address the state body by electronic
means, through either audio or both audio and video.
   (c) The state body shall publicly report any action taken and the
vote or abstention on that action of each member present for the
action.