Bill > SB0641

This bill revises the provisions of the Open Meetings Act relating to virtual attendance and participation of members of public bodies at public meetings. The key changes are: 1. It allows members of certain classes of public bodies (defined based on the authority and composition of the public body) to attend and participate remotely in meetings, subject to various requirements and limitations. 2. It requires public bodies to provide the public with reasonable means to remotely attend and participate in meetings, while prohibiting overly restrictive requirements. 3. It adds additional requirements for closed sessions attended remotely by public body members. 4. It repeals a previous section of the Act that had temporarily allowed remote participation by public body members during the COVID-19 pandemic. 5. It includes a retroactive application clause to clarify that the new provisions on public remote attendance and participation were the legislature's original intent.