SB102 Summary

• Members of statewide governmental bodies may participate in meetings via telephone conference, video conference, or similar communications equipment that allows all participants to hear each other simultaneously.

• Electronic participation counts as physical presence for all purposes except establishing a quorum, which requires a majority of participating members to be physically present at a noticed meeting location.

• Every meeting must have at least one physical location open to the public where interested persons can hear all remote participants, published consistent with the Alabama Open Meetings Act.

• Five governmental bodies are prohibited from using electronic participation: Board of Pardons and Paroles, Public Service Commission, standing committees of the Legislature while in session, State Board of Education, and Alabama Ethics Commission.

• All votes using electronic communication must be conducted as roll call votes with each participant voting individually in a manner audible to all present and remote participants.