CA AB1733

Requires all open meetings of state bodies to be held by teleconference, with an option to provide a physical location where the public may attend and address the body.

Mandates state bodies provide remote access via two-way audio-visual platform or two-way telephonic service, with teleconference details specified in meeting notices and posted on internet websites.

Allows state body members to participate remotely from undisclosed locations, with members disclosing only whether other adults are present; physical presence is not required to be deemed present at meetings.

Eliminates the requirement that Department of Consumer Affairs boards meet separately in northern and southern California if all meetings are held entirely by teleconference.

Permits teleconference use in closed sessions and adds deliberation on administrative adjudicative proceedings as an allowable purpose for calling special meetings without standard notice requirements.