Hawaii House Bill 1144 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-01-28 - Referred to CPC, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 6
Pending: House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Authorizes the office of information practices to enforce chapter 92, public agency meetings and records, and to waive fees to access government records; requires executive meetings of boards to be properly noticed, and subject matter and discussion in an executive meeting to be announced in public upon reconvening of an open meeting; clarifies the reasons a board may hold a meeting closed to the public with the board's attorney; requires notice of state board meetings to be posted on the central state internet website and eliminates the requirement that notice of state board meetings be filed in the office of the lieutenant governor; authorizes notification of meetings and transmittal of meeting minutes by electronic mail; requires concurrence from the office of information practices rather than the attorney general for a board to hold emergency meetings for unanticipated events; allows audio or video recordings of board meetings.

Public Agency Meetings

Sen. Chris Lee [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-28	House	Referred to CPC, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 6
2013-01-24	House	Introduced and Passed First Reading
2013-01-23	House	Pending introduction.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1144&year=2013
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2013/Bills/HB1144_.HTM