Substitute Bill No. 183 Summary

• Public agencies may hold remote meetings using conference calls, videoconferences, or other technology if the public can simultaneously view or listen to the meeting (excluding executive sessions).

• Remote meetings must be recorded or transcribed and posted on the agency's website within seven days; all meeting materials must be submitted 24 hours in advance and posted online for public inspection.

• Meeting notices and agendas for remote meetings must be posted on the agency's website with information about what technology will be used and how the public can access the meeting.

• All participants in remote meetings must clearly state their name and title each time before speaking, unless the presiding officer has already identified them.

• Defines "open to the public" in the Freedom of Information Act to explicitly include remote meetings held under these requirements, with exceptions for executive sessions and records otherwise exempt from disclosure.