HB 2412
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-fifth Legislature
Second Regular Session
House: GE DPA 8-5-0-0
HB 2412: open meetings; digital recordings
Sponsor: Representative Parker, LD 16
House Engrossed
Overview
Requires all public bodies to also provide for an audio or audiovisual recording of all their meetings
and outlines such regulations.
History
Meetings of any public body must be public meetings and any person who desires is allowed to
attend and listen to the proceedings and deliberations. All public bodies are required to provide
for the taking of written minutes or a recording of all their meetings, including executive sessions.
The minutes or a recording of a meeting must be made available for public inspection no later
than three working days after the meeting (A.R.S. § 38-431.01).
A public body of a city or town with a population of more than 2,500 people is required to post on
its website, within three working days after a meeting, any recording of the meeting and a
statement describing the legal actions taken by the public body. Within two working days after
the approval of the minutes, the public body must post on its website approved city or town council
meeting minutes. Finally, within 10 working days after an advisory committee or subcommittee
meeting, a public body of a city or town is directed to post on its website a recording of the meeting
or a statement describing legal action, if any (A.R.S. § 38-431.01).
Provisions
1. Directs all public bodies to provide for an audio or audiovisual recording of all their meetings
in addition to the statutorily required written minutes. (Sec. 1)
2. Specifies that public bodies must provide for the taking of written minutes or a recording of
executive sessions. (Sec. 1)
3. Instructs each public body to additionally post the audio or audiovisual recording or a direct
link of the recording of a meeting on its website no later than three working days after the
meeting. (Sec. 1)
4. States that the minutes must be posted for public inspection no later than three working days
after approval of the minutes. (Sec. 1)
5. Removes the requirements related to specific meeting recordings and descriptions of legal
actions by a public body of a city or town with a certain population. (Sec. 1)
6. Requires an entity that is formed for the purpose of protecting or providing services to
agricultural lands or crops to provide for the taking of written minutes and allows the entity to
provide for an audio or audiovisual recording of meetings. (Sec. 1)
7. Instructs an entity providing for the taking of written minutes to make the minutes available for
public inspection no later than three working days following approval of the minutes and allows
the posting of the minutes on its website, if applicable. (Sec. 1) HB 2412
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8. Modifies the time period for any required posting to remain on the applicable website to three
years after the date of the posting, rather than one year. (Sec. 1)
9. Makes technical and conforming changes. (Sec. 1)
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