HB4583 Summary

• Expands agenda posting requirements to include special meetings (in addition to regular meetings) at public body offices, meeting locations, and websites 48 hours in advance.

• Requires public bodies with websites to post agendas for all subsidiary body meetings, not just governing body meetings.

• Modifies closed meeting minute requirements to include special and emergency meetings when posting to websites within 10 days of approval.

• Removes language that previously protected public bodies from invalid meetings due to website posting failures, making compliance more strictly enforceable.

• Changes court authority from discretionary ("may") to mandatory ("shall") assessment of attorney's fees and litigation costs against parties that do not substantially prevail in Open Meetings Act violations.