State Legislatures, Public Meetings

Remote meetings reauthorized through June 2027

Pierce Atwood LLP on 4/8/2025

On March 28, 2025, Mass. Governor Maura Healy signed an emergency law extending the COVID-19 remote and hybrid meeting authorizations for public meetings of local boards and committees until June 30, 2027. The law, Chapter 2...more

Public Finance Tennessee Legislative Update from the First Session of the 113th General Assembly

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 6/21/2023

In the First Session of the 113th General Assembly, Tennessee legislators sponsored numerous bills that impacted local governments in some measure. Due to this uptick in legislative activity, the Bass, Berry & Sims Public...more

Brown Act Updates: Continued Remote Meetings & Removal of Disruptive Attendees

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 10/5/2022

Takeaways From New Laws AB 2449 and SB 1100 - A new bill signed into law in September, AB 2449, provides agencies with long-term permissions to hold remote meetings without having to give the public access to private...more

Washington’s Legislature Makes Notable Changes to the Open Public Meetings Act ‎

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 4/29/2022

Governor Inslee’s March 24, 2022 signing of House Bill 1329 marks the introduction of changes to the Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA), the focus of which concerns public meetings’ accessibility and participation in the same....more

Executive Order N-29-20 Authorizing Public Meetings Entirely By Teleconference Or Other Electronic Means

Nossaman LLP on 3/20/2020

On March 17, 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-29-20 (amending Executive Order N-25-20 in part), which allows local or state legislative bodies to hold meetings via teleconference and to make meetings accessible...more

AB 2257: New Brown Act Requirements for Meeting Agendas on Local Agency Websites Effective for Meetings Held on and after January...

Downey Brand LLP on 9/14/2018

In 2016, the State Legislature enacted Assembly Bill 2257 (Government Code section 54954.2) to update the Ralph M. Brown Act with new requirements applicable to meeting agenda postings on local agency websites. The Brown Act,...more

Officials’ Top 10 Things to Remember About Public Participation in Local Government

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 3/6/2017

As the national political climate heated up recently, some local governments are facing spillover effects, with local and sometimes even out-of-town activists and provocateurs attending city council, school board and other...more

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