HI SB9

Authorizes boards to hold meetings by interactive conference technology during a declared state of emergency for contagious illness without requiring public access to physical board member locations, if the board reasonably believes in-person meetings present unreasonable health risks.

Requires notice of such meetings to list at least one public location and inform the public how to remotely view meetings and provide oral testimony via internet or telephone.

Allows boards to require in-person attendees to provide names and contact information for contact tracing purposes during a contagious illness emergency.

Permits two or more board members to attend state of the city, state of the county, state of the State, or state of the judiciary addresses without violating open meeting requirements, provided no board business discussions occur except during the event itself and no voting commitments are made.

Changes the requirement that interactive conference technology meetings be "terminated" to "recessed" when audio communication fails, with meetings only reconvening when audio communication is restored; provision expires June 30, 2022.