HB 880 Summary

• Allows boards to hold remote meetings using interactive conference technology without requiring public access to board members' private locations, provided at least one public meeting location is designated where the public can attend in person or participate remotely.

• Requires remote meeting notices to list at least one public meeting location, inform the public how to view meetings via internet streaming and provide oral testimony remotely, and specify whether additional locations will be included.

• Establishes that remote meetings must allow interaction among all board members and public participants, require roll-call voting unless unanimous, and when practicable, boards must record and electronically post meetings until minutes are posted online.

• Allows meetings held by interactive conference technology to automatically recess for up to one hour to restore audio or audiovisual communication when connections are lost; if communication cannot be restored within one hour and no alternative meeting notice was provided, the meeting terminates automatically.

• Permits boards to require contact tracing information and safety measures (facial coverings, physical distancing) from in-person attendees when a governor has declared a state of emergency for a contagious illness and the board reasonably believes such measures remain necessary; effective July 1, 2021.