l9n/ Mississippi

2018 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2514

Open Meetings Act; revise to require that minutes kept shall be posted on public body's website within certain time after the meeting.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on January 30, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-41-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THAT THE MINUTES OF ALL MEETINGS OF A PUBLIC BODY REQUIRED TO BE RECORDED UNDER THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT BE RECORDED WITHIN 28 DAYS OF RECESS OR ADJOURNMENT OF THE MEETINGS INSTEAD OF 30 DAYS AFTER RECESS OR ADJOURNMENT OF THE MEETINGS; TO REQUIRE A PUBLIC BODY TO POST ON ITS WEBSITE, IF IT HAS ONE, A COPY OF THE MINUTES REQUIRED TO BE KEPT UNDER THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT; TO REQUIRE THAT A COPY OF THOSE MINUTES BE MAINTAINED ON THE WEBSITE FOR AT LEAST 12 MONTHS AFTER POSTING THE MINUTES; TO REQUIRE THE PUBLIC BODY TO POST THE MINUTES ON THE WEBSITE WITHIN 35 DAYS AFTER THE MEETING; TO PROVIDE THAT THE INABILITY OF THE PUBLIC TO ACCESS THE PUBLIC BODY'S WEBSITE DUE TO ANY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGICAL FAILURE IS NOT A VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

Its course

January 15 to January 30, 2018, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateJan 15 to Jan 30 · stopped15 days

Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyJan 15 to Jan 30 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 15 – Jan 30

  1. Jan 15Referred to the Senate committee on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  2. Jan 30Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 15Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
  2. Jan 30Died In CommitteeSenate