Bill Text: HI SB3219 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To The Sunshine Law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-06-27 - Act 177, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1278). [SB3219 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SB3219-Introduced.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to the sunshine law.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that children's privacy rights prevail over the public's right to know. Therefore, the purpose of this Act is to amend the sunshine law to exempt minors from being required to state their presence in public meetings.
SECTION 2. Section 92-3.7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending its title and subsection (a) to read as follows:
"[[]§92-3.7[]] Remote
meeting by interactive conference technology; notice; quorum. (a) A board may hold a remote meeting by interactive
conference technology; provided that the interactive conference technology used
by the board allows audiovisual interaction among all members of the board
participating in the meeting and all members of the public attending the
meeting, except as otherwise provided under this section; provided further that
there is at least one meeting location that is open to the public and has
an audiovisual connection. A board holding a remote meeting pursuant to this
section shall not be required to allow members of the public to join board members
in person at nonpublic locations where board members are physically present or to
identify those locations in the notice required by section 92-7; provided that at
the meeting, each board member shall state who, if anyone, excluding any person
under the age of eighteen, is present at the nonpublic location with the member. The notice required by section 92-7 shall:
(1) List at least one meeting location that is open to the public that shall have an audiovisual connection; and
(2) Inform
members of the public how to contemporaneously:
(A) Remotely view the video and audio of the meeting through internet streaming or other means; and
(B) Provide
remote oral testimony in a manner that allows board members and other meeting participants
to hear the testimony, whether through an internet link, a telephone conference,
or other means.
The board may provide additional locations open for public participation. The notice required by section 92-7 shall list any additional locations open for public participation and specify, in the event an additional location loses its audiovisual connection to the remote meeting, whether the meeting will continue without that location or will be automatically recessed to restore communication as provided in subsection (c)."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Sunshine Law; Minors; Public Meetings; Exemption
Description:
Amends the sunshine law to exempt minors from being required to state their presence in public meetings.
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