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| 2 | 2 | | *LGL145* 03/18/2025 1:57:19 PM LGL145 |
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| 3 | 3 | | State of Arkansas 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1836 3 |
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| 7 | 7 | | By: Representative Lundstrum 5 |
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| 8 | 8 | | By: Senator K. Hammer 6 |
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| 10 | 10 | | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 |
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| 11 | 11 | | TO REQUIRE ALL PUBLIC ENTITIES TO POST VIDEO 9 |
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| 12 | 12 | | RECORDINGS OF PUBLIC MEETINGS; TO REQUIRE ALL PUBLIC 10 |
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| 13 | 13 | | MEETINGS TO BE RECORDED IN VIDEO FORMAT; AND FOR 11 |
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| 14 | 14 | | OTHER PURPOSES. 12 |
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| 17 | 17 | | Subtitle 15 |
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| 18 | 18 | | TO REQUIRE ALL PUBLIC ENTITIES TO POST 16 |
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| 19 | 19 | | VIDEO RECORDINGS OF PUBLIC MEETINGS; AND 17 |
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| 20 | 20 | | TO REQUIRE ALL PUBLIC MEETINGS TO BE 18 |
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| 21 | 21 | | RECORDED IN VIDEO FORMAT. 19 |
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| 23 | 23 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code ยง 25 -19-106(d), concerning public meetings 23 |
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| 26 | 26 | | under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, is amended to read as follows: 24 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (d)(1) All officially scheduled, special, and called open public 25 |
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| 28 | 28 | | meetings shall be recorded in a manner that allows for the capture of sound, 26 |
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| 29 | 29 | | including without limitation: 27 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (A) A sound-only recording; 28 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (B) A as a video recording with sound and picture ; or 29 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (C) A digital or analog broadcast capable of being recorded . 30 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) A video recording of an open public meeting shall be 31 |
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| 34 | 34 | | maintained by a public entity for a minimum of one (1) year from the date of 32 |
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| 35 | 35 | | the open public meeting. 33 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (3) The video recording shall be maintained in a format that may 34 |
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| 37 | 37 | | be reproduced upon a request under this chapter. 35 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (4) Subdivisions (d)(1) and (2) of this section do not apply to: 36 HB1836 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (A) Executive sessions; or 1 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (B) Volunteer fire departments. 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (5)(A) Cities of the second class and incorporated towns are 3 |
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| 44 | 44 | | exempt from subdivisions (d)(1) and (2) of this section until July 1, 2020 A 4 |
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| 45 | 45 | | public entity shall post the video recording of an open public meeting 5 |
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| 46 | 46 | | required under subdivision (d)(1) of this section on the public entity's 6 |
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| 47 | 47 | | website no later than twenty -four (24) hours after the public meeting . 7 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (B) If a public entity does not have a website, the public 8 |
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| 49 | 49 | | entity shall post the video recording of an open public meeting to a social 9 |
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| 50 | 50 | | media account created and maintained by the public entity no later than 10 |
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| 51 | 51 | | twenty-four (24) hours after the public meeting. 11 |
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