Jim Frazier
- Democratic
Author
The Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act requires that meetings of a state body be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend, with certain exceptions. Existing law provides that, subject to certain exceptions and reasonable regulations, the state body shall provide members of the public an opportunity to directly address the state body on agenda items. Existing law authorizes the state body to limit the amount of time allotted for each member of the public to speak, but specifies that members of the public who use translators shall be given twice that allotted amount of time. This bill would also require a state body, when it limits time for public comment, to provide at least twice the allotted time to a member of the public who utilizes translating technology to address the state body. The bill would additionally make technical, nonsubstantive changes.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 63, Statutes of 2021.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 2. Noes 0. Page 1634.).
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1252.)
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 21).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Read first time.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
Introduced. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB1291 | HTML |
| 02/19/21 - Introduced | |
| 06/25/21 - Enrolled | |
| 07/09/21 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/07/21- Assembly Governmental Organization | |
| 04/19/21- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 06/04/21- Senate Governmental Organization | |
| 06/23/21- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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