State SealARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

HB 2207: S/E: public meetings; audiovisual recordings; posting

PRIME SPONSOR: Representative Grantham, LD 12

BILL STATUS: Federalism, Property Rights & Public Policy

 

Legend: Amendments – BOLD and Stricken (Committee)

Abstract

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteRelating to licensing authority meetings.

Provisions

1.       Requires licensing authorities to provide complete audiovisual recordings of all licensing authority meetings, excluding executive sessions. (Sec. 1)

2.       Directs a licensing authority to post on its website no later than five days after a meeting and retain for at least five years:

a.       The audiovisual recording of the meeting; and

b.       All final decisions, orders and actions taken. (Sec. 1)

3.       Defines licensing authority. (Sec. 1)

Current Law

All meetings of a public body must be public meetings. Legal actions by a public body are required to take place at a public meeting and individuals must also be permitted to attend and listen to deliberations and proceedings. Public meetings are required to have minutes or a recording of the proceedings, including executive sessions. The minutes or recording of a meeting must be available for public inspection three working days after the public meeting, unless specified otherwise. For meetings other than executive sessions, the minutes or recording must contain:

a.       The date, time and place of the meeting;

b.       The members of the public body recorded as either present or absent;

c.        A general description of the matters considered;

d.       An accurate description of all legal actions proposed, discussed or taken;

e.       The names of members who proposed each motion;

f.         The names of persons making statements or presenting material; and

g.       A reference to the legal action about which each person made a statement or presented material (A.R.S § 38-431.01).

Licensing authority is defined as any Arizona agency, department, board or commission that issues a license for professions and occupations, excluding the Board of Certified Reporters, for the purposes of operating a business in Arizona to an individual who provides a service to any person (A.R.S. § 32-4701).

 

 

 

 

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Fifty-third Legislature                          HB 2207

Second Regular Session                                                         Version 1: Federalism, Property Rights & Public Policy

 

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