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MI SB0288
Bill
Status
6/25/2025
Primary Sponsor
Veronica Klinefelt
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AI Summary
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Expands reasons a public body may enter closed session to consult with its attorney, including pending litigation, notice of potential litigation where the public body or member is a party, and to receive oral or written legal opinions
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Adds three new grounds for closed sessions: considering settlement demands or offers, contemplating filing a lawsuit, and consulting regarding criminal investigations against a public body member or employee
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Removes the previous requirement that closed sessions for litigation strategy only be allowed "if an open meeting would have a detrimental financial effect on the litigating or settlement position of the public body"
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Changes terminology throughout the Open Meetings Act from "closed hearing" to "closed session" for consistency
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Amends Section 8 of the Open Meetings Act (MCL 15.268), which governs permissible purposes for closed sessions by public bodies
Legislative Description
Civil rights: open meetings; grounds for going into closed session when a public body consults with its attorney; modify. Amends sec. 8 of 1976 PA 267 (MCL 15.268).
Civil rights: open meetings
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Government Operations
6/25/2025