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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly A Bill 2
Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1836 3
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By: Representative Lundstrum 5
By: Senator K. Hammer 6
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8
TO REQUIRE ALL PUBLIC ENTITIES TO POST VIDEO 9
RECORDINGS OF PUBLIC MEETINGS; TO REQUIRE ALL PUBLIC 10
MEETINGS TO BE RECORDED IN VIDEO FORMAT; AND FOR 11
OTHER PURPOSES. 12
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TO REQUIRE ALL PUBLIC ENTITIES TO POST 16
VIDEO RECORDINGS OF PUBLIC MEETINGS; AND 17
TO REQUIRE ALL PUBLIC MEETINGS TO BE 18
RECORDED IN VIDEO FORMAT. 19
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21
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SECTION 1. Arkansas Code ยง 25 -19-106(d), concerning public meetings 23
under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, is amended to read as follows: 24
(d)(1) All officially scheduled, special, and called open public 25
meetings shall be recorded in a manner that allows for the capture of sound, 26
including without limitation: 27
(A) A sound-only recording; 28
(B) A as a video recording with sound and picture ; or 29
(C) A digital or analog broadcast capable of being recorded . 30
(2) A video recording of an open public meeting shall be 31
maintained by a public entity for a minimum of one (1) year from the date of 32
the open public meeting. 33
(3) The video recording shall be maintained in a format that may 34
be reproduced upon a request under this chapter. 35
(4) Subdivisions (d)(1) and (2) of this section do not apply to: 36 HB1836
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(A) Executive sessions; or 1
(B) Volunteer fire departments. 2
(5)(A) Cities of the second class and incorporated towns are 3
exempt from subdivisions (d)(1) and (2) of this section until July 1, 2020 A 4
public entity shall post the video recording of an open public meeting 5
required under subdivision (d)(1) of this section on the public entity's 6
website no later than twenty -four (24) hours after the public meeting . 7
(B) If a public entity does not have a website, the public 8
entity shall post the video recording of an open public meeting to a social 9
media account created and maintained by the public entity no later than 10
twenty-four (24) hours after the public meeting. 11
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