1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to Open Meeting Law; authorizing meeting broadcasting through social
1.3 media; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13D.065.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13D.065, is amended to read:
1.6 13D.065 USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA.
1.7 Subdivision 1.Use by members.The use of social media by members of a public body
1.8does not violate this chapter so long as the social media use is limited to exchanges with all
1.9members of the general public. For purposes of this section, email is not considered a type
1.10of social media.
1.11 Subd. 2.Broadcast use.(a) A public body may use social media to live broadcast a
1.12meeting subject to this chapter. A public body is not required to offer a social media comment
1.13feature during a broadcast authorized under this subdivision. If a social media comment
1.14feature is offered as a part of the broadcast, comments posted by members of the public
1.15during the broadcast are not considered government records under section 15.17 or 138.17
1.16unless the public body's required notice under section 13D.04 and this subdivision provides
1.17that the comments are a part of the meeting record. A public body that accepts comments
1.18posted in a social media comment feature during a broadcast as public testimony must
1.19establish rules of order for the comments and their discussion by the public body.
1.20 (b) A public body that uses social media to live broadcast a meeting pursuant to this
1.21subdivision must state in the required notice under section 13D.04 that social media
1.22broadcasting will occur and provide information about how the broadcast may be accessed.
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 3487NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: KORAN)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading05/06/2025
Referred to State and Local Government 2.1If a public comment period is offered during the meeting, the notice must state the process
2.2for the submission of public comments before or during the meeting from individuals viewing
2.3the meeting remotely in order to be included in the meeting record. If a social media comment
2.4feature will be offered as a part of the broadcast, the treatment of such comments for the
2.5purposes of public testimony and the meeting record must be stated in the public notice.
2.6 (c) Nothing in this subdivision authorizes a public body to conduct a meeting through
2.7social media for the purposes of section 13D.015, 13D.02, or 13D.021 if the social media
2.8technology does not meet the requirements for interactive technology under this chapter.
2.9 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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