HB 677 Summary

• Allows boards to conduct remote public meetings using interactive conference technology, with at least one public location where members can attend in person to view or testify.

• Requires remote meetings to provide public notice of how to access video and audio streaming online and how to provide remote oral testimony via internet or telephone.

• Mandates that boards record remote meetings when practicable and make recordings publicly available until official meeting minutes are posted online.

• Permits boards to require attendees to provide names and contact information for contact tracing purposes during declared health emergencies, without disclosing information for other uses.

• Retains existing authority for in-person meetings at single or multiple sites connected by interactive conference technology, giving boards flexible options for conducting public meetings.