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Senate committee adopts amendment to SB 12 tightening public-discussion rules for board of apportionment and passes bill

2841199 · January 30, 2025
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Summary

The committee adopted an amendment to SB 12 that narrows restrictions on public discussion by board of apportionment members to redistricting contexts and adds FOIA-related language; the amended bill passed the committee by voice vote.

A Senate committee adopted an amendment to SB 12 that narrows restrictions on when board of apportionment members must conduct or record discussions, clarifying that the stricter rules apply to redistricting activity and incorporating language consistent with open-records (FOIA) guidance.

The amendment was presented as tightening the bill so that routine private conversations — for example, a hypothetical conversation between a…

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