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Senate passes bill to define public meetings, polling and remote participation under FOIA
Summary
Senate Bill 227, a bipartisan effort to clarify the law on public meetings and informal communications by governing bodies, passed committee after two years of stakeholder work and amendments addressing remote participation, notice and permitted executive-session topics.
A Senate committee advanced Senate Bill 227, a comprehensive rewrite of portions of Arkansas— Freedom of Information Act law intended to define "public meeting," set rules for remote attendance and recordings, and clarify what kinds of communications among governing-body members are permitted outside of public meetings.
Sponsor Senator Jim Tucker said the measure resulted from two years of work with a FOIA working group convened by the attorney general—s office and included representatives of the…
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