Bill Text: MI HB4705 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Civil rights: open meetings; sound recordings of public meetings of state public bodies; require. Amends 1976 PA 267 (MCL 15.261 - 15.275) by adding sec. 9a.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-05-03 - Assigned Pa 63'22 [HB4705 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HB4705-Chaptered.html
Act No. 63
Public Acts of 2022
Approved by the Governor
May 2, 2022
Filed with the Secretary of State
May 2, 2022
EFFECTIVE DATE: Sine Die
state of michigan
101st Legislature
Regular session of 2022
Introduced by Reps. Meerman, Howell, Yaroch and Steven Johnson
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4705
AN ACT to amend 1976 PA 267, entitled “An act to require certain meetings of certain public bodies to be open to the public; to require notice and the keeping of minutes of meetings; to provide for enforcement; to provide for invalidation of governmental decisions under certain circumstances; to provide penalties; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,” (MCL 15.261 to 15.275) by adding section 9a.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 9a. (1) Every meeting of a public body that is a state licensing board, state commission panel, or state rule-making board, except a meeting or part of a meeting held in closed session, must be recorded in a manner that allows for the capture of sound, including, without limitation, in any of the following formats:
(a) A sound-only recording.
(b) A video recording with sound and picture.
(c) A digital or analog broadcast capable of being recorded.
(2) A recording required under subsection
(1) must be maintained for a minimum of 1 year from the date of the meeting in
a format that can be reproduced upon a request under the freedom of information
act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved___________________________________________
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Governor
