Indiana House Bill 1080 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-04 - First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform
Pending: House Government and Regulatory Reform Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Public meetings. Provides that a member of a governing body may participate but may not vote in a meeting of the governing body by electronic communication if the governing body is attempting to take certain final actions. Restricts the circumstances in which the governing body of a state or local public agency may hold a virtual meeting during a declared disaster emergency without any of the governing body members physically present. Requires a governing body, with certain exceptions, to do the following: (1) Post an agenda at the meeting site that has each agenda item clearly specified. (2) Provide a meeting attendee with a reasonable opportunity to speak regarding an agenda item. (3) Limit all official action to the agenda items. Provides that a meeting that violates these requirements may result in a court action to: (1) void a final action, policy, or decision based upon official action taken at the meeting; or (2) assess civil penalties against the officer or employee responsible for the violation.

Public meetings.

Rep. David Abbott [R]

Rep. Anthony Cook [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-04	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform
2022-01-04	House	Coauthored by Representative Cook
2022-01-04	House	Authored by Representative Abbott

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1080/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/4/7/3/4473b64b/HB1080.01.INTR.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/d/1/a/7d1a5ec5/HB1080.01.INTR.FN001.pdf