| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to Open Meeting Law; authorizing meeting broadcasting through social |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 media; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13D.065. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 13D.065, is amended to read: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 13D.065 USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA. |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subdivision 1.Use by members.The use of social media by members of a public body |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8does not violate this chapter so long as the social media use is limited to exchanges with all |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9members of the general public. For purposes of this section, email is not considered a type |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10of social media. |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 Subd. 2.Broadcast use.(a) A public body may use social media to live broadcast a |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12meeting subject to this chapter. A public body is not required to offer a social media comment |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13feature during a broadcast authorized under this subdivision. If a social media comment |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14feature is offered as a part of the broadcast, comments posted by members of the public |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15during the broadcast are not considered government records under section 15.17 or 138.17 |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16unless the public body's required notice under section 13D.04 and this subdivision provides |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17that the comments are a part of the meeting record. A public body that accepts comments |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18posted in a social media comment feature during a broadcast as public testimony must |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19establish rules of order for the comments and their discussion by the public body. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 (b) A public body that uses social media to live broadcast a meeting pursuant to this |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21subdivision must state in the required notice under section 13D.04 that social media |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22broadcasting will occur and provide information about how the broadcast may be accessed. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 25-05564 as introduced04/29/25 REVISOR MS/AC |
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| 25 | 25 | | SENATE |
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| 26 | 26 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 27 | 27 | | S.F. No. 3487NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 28 | 28 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: KORAN) |
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| 29 | 29 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 30 | 30 | | Introduction and first reading05/06/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Referred to State and Local Government 2.1If a public comment period is offered during the meeting, the notice must state the process |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.2for the submission of public comments before or during the meeting from individuals viewing |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.3the meeting remotely in order to be included in the meeting record. If a social media comment |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.4feature will be offered as a part of the broadcast, the treatment of such comments for the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.5purposes of public testimony and the meeting record must be stated in the public notice. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.6 (c) Nothing in this subdivision authorizes a public body to conduct a meeting through |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.7social media for the purposes of section 13D.015, 13D.02, or 13D.021 if the social media |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.8technology does not meet the requirements for interactive technology under this chapter. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.9 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 25-05564 as introduced04/29/25 REVISOR MS/AC |
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