Bill Title: Amends the Open Meetings Act. Provides that no public body may refuse to allow any of its members to attend any open or closed meeting of the public body. Provides that a court shall (rather than may) assess against any party, except a State's Attorney, reasonable attorney's fees and other litigation costs reasonably incurred by any other party who substantially prevails in any action for non-compliance with the Open Meetings Act. Provides that the attorney's fees and other litigation costs assessed by the court shall be awarded directly to the Office of the Attorney General. Provides that upon a request to review whether a public body committed a violation under the Open Meetings Act, the Attorney General shall issue to the requester and the public body an opinion within 20 days (rather than 60 days) after initiating review.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-22 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB6147 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Dwight Kay [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-112	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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