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Senate committee debates wording for executive‑session notices in open‑meeting law revision
Summary
Legislative counsel and senators discussed whether agenda language should require a posted item reading "proposed executive session" or allow a more flexible phrasing so bodies can add executive sessions during meetings without being technically constrained by prior notice.
The Senate Committee on Government Operations on March 19 discussed changes to the State’s open‑meeting law that would standardize how agendas note executive sessions and clarify what triggers a public cure or court appeal.
Legislative counsel Tucker Anderson told the committee the bill — described on the floor as an open‑meeting law revision — aimed to avoid creating a rule that would prevent a public body from going into an executive session simply because it had not been listed exactly as previously warned on the posted agenda. "I have the future of transparency in my hands. I have to be very creative," Anderson said, describing the drafters’ intent to protect notice while preserving practical…
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