Hawaii Senate Bill 1113 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on January 26 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-26 - (S) Referred to JDL.
Pending: Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Authorizes the office of information practices to enforce chapter 92, public agency meetings and records, and to waive fees to access government records; requires executive meetings of boards to be properly noticed, and subject matter and discussion in an executive meeting to be announced in public upon reconvening of an open meeting; clarifies the reasons a board may hold a meeting closed to the public with the board's attorney, and that an agency shall not appeal an office of information practices' decision to disclose to circuit court; requires notice of state board meetings to be posted on the central state internet website and eliminates the requirement that notice of state board meetings be filed in the office of the lieutenant governor; authorizes notification of meetings and transmittal of meeting minutes by electronic mail; requires concurrence from the office of information practices rather than the attorney general for a board to hold emergency meetings for unanticipated events; allows audio or video recordings of board meetings.

Public Agency Meetings

Sen. Rosalyn Baker [D]	Sen. William Espero [D]	Sen. Carol Fukunaga [D]	Sen. Brickwood Galuteria [D]
Sen. Les Ihara [D]	Sen. Michelle Kidani [D]	Sen. Clarence Nishihara [D]	Sen. Maile Shimabukuro [D]
Sen. Glenn Wakai [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-26		(S) Referred to JDL.
2011-01-26		(S) Passed First Reading.
2011-01-26		(S) Introduced.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2011/lists/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1113
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2011/Bills/SB1113_.HTM