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Committee votes to keep executive-session minutes sealed and destroy older audio recordings except those tied to litigation
Summary
The committee accepted the state's attorney's office recommendation to continue holding previously sealed executive-session minutes and to destroy executive-session audio recordings older than two years except those related to pending litigation; the motion passed and will be forwarded to the floor.
The Finance, Audit and Legislative Affairs Committee voted to accept a records-retention recommendation concerning executive-session materials.
Speaker 1 moved to place a review of executive-session minutes on the floor; the motion was noted with 'Linda' and 'Eden' referenced in support. Speaker 5 told the committee, "It's the recommendation of the state's attorney's office that all previously held minutes continue to be held because the need for confidentiality still exists and to go ahead and destroy the executive session audio recordings that are more than 2 years old except for those that relate to pending litigation." After a committee vote, Speaker 1 declared the motion passed.
The action keeps previously sealed executive-session minutes confidential and instructs staff to destroy audio recordings older than two years unless they relate to pending litigation. The committee did not identify any exceptions beyond the litigation carve-out in the recommendation.
Next steps: the committee's action will be forwarded as a committee recommendation pursuant to normal procedures (the transcript records the committee vote and acceptance of the state's attorney's recommendation during the meeting packet action).
