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Committee debates remote attendance rules for public meetings and votes; moves HB 80 to ITL
Summary
Lawmakers considered House Bill 80, which would restrict remote meeting participation and require physical presence for voting, and voted to recommend ITL after concerns about unclear language and local control.
House Bill 80, which would limit a public-body member’s ability to participate remotely to situations that are "unavoidable" and would require physical presence to cast a vote, drew sustained debate in the Judiciary Committee.
Representative Smith argued the bill was not workable because “the definition of unavoidable is not clear.” Representative Orrick and others described practical examples where remote participation enabled continued member participation after medical events or unavoidable travel; Orrick recounted a board member who…
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