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Bill would extend audio/video posting rules to more towns; League warns of implementation burden

House Local Government Committee
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Summary

House Bill 393 would apply audio/posting requirements to additional towns and clarifies retention and effective-date options; the League of Cities and Towns said staffing and IT capacity in small towns makes the current 5-day posting requirement difficult without amendments.

Representative Brad Barker introduced House Bill 393 as a follow-up to prior transparency measures enacted last session. He outlined two earlier laws — one requiring public agendas (citing HB 724) and another requiring audio or video recording and posting for many local entities (HB 890) — and said HB 393 adds a category of towns to the audio-posting requirement while offering a 14-day option for smaller entities where needed.

Thomas Joden, legal services director for the…

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