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House adopts revisions to open-and-public-meetings law to require recordings as a backup
Summary
The Utah House adopted a conference committee report on third substitute House Bill 16 to add a recorded-audio backup to official meeting minutes; supporters said it improves transparency, while opponents warned of burdens on small/rural boards. Vote: 53–17, 5 absent.
The Utah House on the concurrence calendar adopted the conference committee report for third substitute House Bill 16, a change to the state’s open-and-public-meetings law that creates a recorded audio backup of meetings.
Representative G. Donaldson moved to adopt the conference committee report and told the chamber the substitute resolves questions raised earlier on the floor by a change at line 110. “I think this is good public policy,” Donaldson said, adding that the recording is a backup to the official written minutes and would help residents “go back and check it on tape…
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