Roderick Wright
- Democratic
Author
(1) The Ralph M. Brown Act requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a legislative body of a local agency be open and public and all persons be permitted to attend. The act authorizes a legislative body to use teleconferencing, subject to specified requirements, including that each teleconference location be accessible to the public and that at least a quorum of the members of the body participate from locations within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction. Existing law provides that, in counties selected by the Director of Health Care Services with the concurrence of the county, a special county health authority may be established in order to meet the problems of delivery of publicly assisted medical care in each county, and to demonstrate ways of promoting quality care and cost efficiency. This bill, until January 1, 2018, would provide that, notwithstanding the provisions of the act on teleconferencing, with respect to a teleconference meeting of a county health authority established in a county under specified provisions, members of a health authority who are outside the jurisdiction may be counted toward the establishment of a quorum when participating in the teleconference if at least 50% of the number of members that would establish a quorum are present within the jurisdiction and the health authority provides a teleconference number and associated access codes, if any, that allows any person to call in to participate in the meeting, and that number and access codes are identified in the notice and agenda of the meeting. (2) Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 209, Statutes of 2012.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4466.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 4455.)
Set for hearing August 8.
From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4306.) Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5524.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 13).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
Set, second hearing. Failed passage in committee. Reconsideration granted.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 4. Page 899.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 762.) (April 27).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Set for hearing April 27.
Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
Set for hearing April 6.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB475 | HTML |
| 02/17/11 - Introduced | |
| 03/21/11 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/12/11 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/03/11 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/06/11 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/20/11 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/22/12 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/07/12 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/14/12 - Enrolled | |
| 08/28/12 - Chaptered |
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