IL SB2356

Amends the Open Meetings Act to require public bodies to keep written minutes and verbatim audio or video recordings of all closed meetings, including date, time, place, attendance status (physical or remote), and summaries of discussions and votes.

Minutes of open meetings must be approved within 30 days or at the second subsequent regular meeting (whichever is later) and made available for public inspection within 10 days of approval; public bodies with websites must post minutes within 10 days and keep them posted for at least 60 days.

Changes the closed session minutes review requirement from "semi-annually" to "every 6 months, or as soon thereafter as is practicable," with ad hoc committees reviewing at the later of 6 months from last review or at their next scheduled meeting.

Allows destruction of verbatim recordings 18 months after meeting completion only after public body approves destruction and approves written minutes meeting statutory requirements.

Grants duly elected or appointed officials access to closed session minutes and verbatim recordings at the public body's main office in presence of authorized personnel, with recordings not removable except by public body vote or court order.

Requires units of local government assuming functions of dissolved, disbanded, or consolidated public bodies to review that prior body's closed session minutes.