Bill Text: HI HB1858 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii House Bill 1858

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating To Public Agency Meetings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-24 - Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 [HB1858 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2024-HB1858-Introduced.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1858
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO Public Agency Meetings.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 92-7.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§92-7.5 Board packet; filing; public inspection; notice. At the time the board packet is distributed to the board members, but no later than forty-eight hours before the meeting time, the board shall also make the board packet available for public inspection in the board's office; provided that nothing in this section shall require creation of a board packet. Supplemental information received within forty-eight hours of a meeting may be added to the board packet; provided that the board shall provide prompt public access to the supplemental information. The board shall provide notice to persons requesting notification of meetings pursuant to section 92-7(e) that the board packet is available for inspection in the board's office and shall provide reasonably prompt access to the board packet to any person upon request. The board is not required to mail board packets. As soon as practicable, the board shall accommodate requests for electronic access to the board packet.

For purposes of this section, "board packet" means documents that are compiled by the board and distributed to board members before a meeting for use at that meeting, to the extent the documents are public under chapter 92F; provided that this section shall not require disclosure of executive session minutes, license applications, or other records for which the board cannot reasonably complete its redaction of nonpublic information in the time available before the public inspection required by this section."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2024.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________
	By Request

Report Title:

Hawaii Council of Mayors Package; Meetings; Supplemental Information

Description:

Provides that supplemental information received within 48 hours of a meeting of a board subject to state opening meetings law may be added to the board packet; provided that the public is promptly provided access to the supplemental information.

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