Bill Text: IA HF263 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the definition of meeting under Iowa's open meetings law.(See HF 497.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-07 - Withdrawn. H.J. 539. [HF263 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF263-Introduced.html
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BY
P.
THOMPSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
definition
of
meeting
under
Iowa’s
open
1
meetings
law.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
21.2,
subsection
2,
Code
2023,
is
amended
1
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
“Meeting”
means
a
gathering
in
person
or
by
electronic
3
means,
formal
or
informal,
of
a
majority
of
the
members
of
4
a
governmental
body
where
there
is
deliberation
or
action
5
upon
any
matter
within
the
scope
of
the
governmental
body’s
6
policy-making
duties.
Meetings
“Meetings”
shall
not
include
7
a
gathering
of
members
of
a
governmental
body
for
purely
8
ministerial
or
social
purposes
when
there
is
no
discussion
of
9
policy
or
no
intent
to
avoid
the
purposes
of
this
chapter
,
or
10
a
gathering
of
members
of
a
governmental
body
comprised
of
11
three
members
or
less
hosted
by
a
political
party
or
civic
12
organization
.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
relates
to
the
definition
of
meeting
under
the
open
17
meetings
law
(Code
chapter
21).
18
The
bill
amends
the
definition
of
a
meeting
that
is
subject
19
to
the
requirements
of
the
open
meetings
law
by
narrowing
the
20
definition
to
exclude
any
functions
attended
by
members
of
a
21
governmental
body
comprised
of
three
members
or
less
hosted
by
22
a
political
party
or
civic
organization.
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