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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1273 By: Burns
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to public participation at pub lic
66	66	meetings; amending 25 O.S. 2021, S ection 311, which
67	67	relates to notice of meetings of pu blic bodies;
68	68	clarifying right of members of the public to exercise
69	69	first amendment rights at public meetings;
70	70	prohibiting law enforcement officers or entities from
71	71	taking certain actions; amending 70 O.S. 2021,
72	72	Section 5-118, which relates to meetin gs of school
73	73	boards; clarifying right of members of the public to
74	74	exercise first amendment rights at public meetings;
75	75	prohibiting law enforcement officers or entiti es from
76	76	taking certain actions; updating statutory
77	77	references; and providing an effective date.
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83	83	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
84	84	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 25 O.S. 2021, Section 311, is
85	85	amended to read as follows:
86	86	Section 311. A. Notwithstanding an y other provisions of law,
87	87	all regularly scheduled, continued or reconvened, special or
88	88	emergency meetings of public bodies shall be preceded by public
89	89	notice as follows:
90	90	1. All public bodies shall give notice in writing by December
91	91	15 of each calendar ye ar of the schedule showing the date, time and
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143	143	place of the regularly scheduled meetings of such public bodies for
144	144	the following calendar year;
145	145	2. All state public bodies including, but not limited t o,
146	146	public trusts and other bodies with the state as benef iciary, shall
147	147	give such notice to the Secretary of State;
148	148	3. All county public bodies including, but not limited to,
149	149	public trusts and any other bodies with the county as beneficiary,
150	150	shall give such notice to the county clerk of the county wherein
151	151	they are principally located;
152	152	4. All municipal public bodies including, but not limited to,
153	153	public trusts and any other bodies with the municipality as
154	154	beneficiary, shall give such notice to the municipal clerk of the
155	155	municipality wherein they are principally l ocated;
156	156	5. All multicounty, re gional, areawide or district public
157	157	bodies including, but not limited to, district boards of education,
158	158	shall give such notice to the county clerk of the county wherein
159	159	they are principally located, or if no office exists, to the county
160	160	clerk of the county or counties served by such public body;
161	161	6. All governing boards of state institutions of higher
162	162	education, and committees and subcommittees thereof, shall give such
163	163	notice to the Secretary of State. All other public bodies covered
164	164	by the provisions of t he Oklahoma Open Meeting Act which exist under
165	165	the auspices of a state institution of higher education, but a
166	166	majority of whose members are not members of the instituti on’s
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218	218	governing board, shall give such notice to the count y clerk of the
219	219	county wherein the institution is principally located;
220	220	7. The Secretary of State and each county clerk or municipal
221	221	clerk shall keep a record of all notices received in a register ope n
222	222	to the public for inspection during regular office hour s, and, in
223	223	addition, shall make known upon any request of any person the
224	224	contents of the register;
225	225	8. If any change is to be made of the date, time or place of
226	226	regularly scheduled meetings of public bodies, then notice in
227	227	writing shall be given to the Sec retary of State or county clerk or
228	228	municipal clerk, as required herein, not less than ten (10) days
229	229	prior to the implementation of any such change;
230	230	9. In addition to the advance public notice in wri ting required
231	231	to be filed for regularly scheduled meeting s, described in paragraph
232	232	1 of this subsection, all public bodies shall, at least twenty -four
233	233	(24) hours prior to such regularly scheduled meetings, display
234	234	public notice of the meeting by at least o ne of the following
235	235	methods:
236	236	a. by posting information th at includes date, time, place
237	237	and agenda for the meeting in prominent public view at
238	238	the principal office of the public body or at the
239	239	location of the meeting if no office exists, or
240	240	b. by posting on the public body’s Internet website the
241	241	date, time, place and agenda for the meeting in
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293	293	accordance with Section 3106.2 of Title 74 of the
294	294	Oklahoma Statutes. Additionally, the public body
295	295	shall offer and consistently maintain an email
296	296	distribution system f or distribution of such notice of
297	297	a public meeting requir ed by this subsection, and any
298	298	person may request to be included without charge, and
299	299	their request shall be accepted. The emailed notice
300	300	of a public meeting required by this subsection shall
301	301	include in the body of the email or as an attachment
302	302	to the email the date, time, place and age nda for the
303	303	meeting and it shall be sent no less than twenty -four
304	304	(24) hours prior to the meeting. Additionally, except
305	305	as provided in subparagraph c of this paragraph , the
306	306	public body shall make the notice of a public meeti ng
307	307	required by this subsection available to the public in
308	308	the principal office of the public body or at the
309	309	location of the meeting during normal business hours
310	310	at least twenty–four (24) hours prior to the meeting,
311	311	or
312	312	c. upon the effective date of this act March 18, 2020,
313	313	and until February 15, 2022, o r until thirty (30) days
314	314	after the expiration or termination of the state of
315	315	emergency declared by the Governor to respond to the
316	316	threat of COVID-19 to the people of th is state and the
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368	368	public’s peace, health and safety, whichever date
369	369	first occurs, the pub lic body shall not be required to
370	370	make the notice of a public meeting available to the
371	371	public in the principal office of the public body or
372	372	at the location of the meeti ng during normal business
373	373	hours at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the
374	374	meeting;
375	375	10. The twenty-four (24) hours required in paragraph 9 of this
376	376	subsection shall exclude Saturdays, Sundays and holidays legally
377	377	declared by the State of Oklahoma. The p osting or distribution of a
378	378	notice of a public meeting as described in paragraph 9 of th is
379	379	subsection shall not preclude a public body from considering at its
380	380	regularly scheduled meeting any new business. “New business”, as
381	381	used herein, shall mean any mat ter not known about or which could
382	382	not have been reasonably foreseen prior to the time o f the posting;
383	383	11. In the event any meeting is to be continued or reconvened,
384	384	public notice of such action including date, time and place of the
385	385	continued meeting, sha ll be given by announcement at the origin al
386	386	meeting. Only matters appearing on the agen da of the meeting which
387	387	is continued may be discussed at the continued or reconvened
388	388	meeting;
389	389	12. Special meetings of public bodies shall not be held without
390	390	public notice being given at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to
391	391	the meetings. Such public not ice of date, time and place shall be
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443	443	given in writing, in person or by telephonic means to the Secretary
444	444	of State or to the county clerk or to the municipal clerk by pu blic
445	445	bodies in the manner set forth in pa ragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of
446	446	this subsection. The public body also shall cause written notice of
447	447	the date, time and place of the meeting to be mailed or delivered to
448	448	each person, newspaper, wire service, radio stat ion and television
449	449	station that has filed a written request for notice of meetings of
450	450	the public body with the clerk or secretary of the public body or
451	451	with some other person designated by the public body. Such written
452	452	notice shall be mailed or delivered at least forty-eight (48) hours
453	453	prior to the special meeting. The public body may charg e a fee of
454	454	up to Eighteen Dollars ($18.00) per year to persons or entities
455	455	filing a written request for notice of meetings, and may require
456	456	such persons or entities to renew the request for notice annually.
457	457	In addition, all public bodies shall, at least t wenty-four (24)
458	458	hours prior to such special meetings, display public notice of the
459	459	meeting, setting forth thereon the date, time, place and agenda for
460	460	the meeting. Only matters appearing on the posted agenda may be
461	461	considered at the special meeting. Such public notice shall be
462	462	posted in prominent public view at the principal office of the
463	463	public body or at the location of the meeting if no office exists.
464	464	Twenty-four (24) hours prior public posting shall excl ude Saturdays,
465	465	Sundays and holidays legally dec lared by the State of Oklahoma. In
466	466	lieu of the public posting requirements of this paragraph, a public
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518	518	body may elect to follow the requirements found in subparagraph b of
519	519	paragraph 9 of this subsection, prov ided that forty-eight-hour
520	520	notice is required f or special meetings and that the forty -eight-
521	521	hour requirement shall exclude Saturdays, Sundays and holidays
522	522	legally declared by the State of Oklahoma;
523	523	13. In the event of an emergency, an emergency meeting of a
524	524	public body may be held without the public n otice heretofore
525	525	required. Should an emergency meeting of a public body be
526	526	necessary, the person calling such a meeting shall give as much
527	527	advance public notice as is reasonable and possible under the
528	528	circumstances existing, in person or by telephonic or electronic
529	529	means; and
530	530	14. A public body that gives public notice of a meeting for
531	531	which there will be a videoconference option in accordance with
532	532	Section 307.1 of thi s title shall not modify the method of mee ting
533	533	described in the notice prior to the meeti ng and shall conduct the
534	534	meeting according to the methods described in the notice. If a code
535	535	or password is required to access the videoconference meeting, the
536	536	code or password shall be included in the public notice.
537	537	B. 1. All agendas required pursuant to the provisions of this
538	538	section shall identify all items of business to be transacted by a
539	539	public body at a meeting including, but not limited to, any proposed
540	540	executive session for the purpose of engaging i n deliberations or
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592	592	rendering a final or interme diate decision in an individual
593	593	proceeding prescribed by the Administrative Procedures Act.
594	594	2. If a public body proposes to conduct an executive session,
595	595	the agenda shall:
596	596	a. contain sufficient information fo r the public to
597	597	ascertain that an executive ses sion will be proposed,
598	598	b. identify the items of business and purposes of the
599	599	executive session, and
600	600	c. state specifically the provision of Section 307 of
601	601	this title authorizing the executive session.
602	602	3. Any interested member of the public may address a public
603	603	body on any agenda item or item of new business in the time
604	604	designated for public comment at a meeting of the public body. A
605	605	member of the public may ex ercise all rights of free speech and
606	606	assembly granted pursuant to the First Amendment of the Constitution
607	607	of the United States to address the public bod y. No law enforcement
608	608	officer or entity may prevent a member of the public from exercising
609	609	such rights in a law ful manner at a meeting of the public bo dy, nor
610	610	may a law enforcement officer or entity use harassment,
611	611	intimidation, or threat ened prosecution to prevent a member of the
612	612	public from exercising such ri ghts.
613	613	SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 5 -118, is
614	614	amended to read as follows:
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666	666	Section 5-118. Regular meetings of the board of education of
667	667	each school district shall be held upon the first Monday of each
668	668	month, or upon such day as may be fixed by the board. Special
669	669	meetings may be held from time to time as circum stances may demand.
670	670	All meetings of the boards of education shall be public
671	671	meetings, and in all such meetings the vote of each member must be
672	672	publicly cast and recorded. Executive sessions will be permitted
673	673	only for the purpose of discussing the employme nt, hiring,
674	674	appointment, promotion, demotion, dis ciplining, or resignations of
675	675	any or all of the employees or volunteers of the school district,
676	676	and for the purpose of discussing negotiations concerning employees
677	677	and representatives of employee groups, and for the purpose of
678	678	hearing evidence and discussi ng the expulsion or suspension of a
679	679	student or students only when requested by the student involv ed or
680	680	his or her parent, attorney, or legal guardian; provided, however,
681	681	that any vote or action thereon must be taken in a public meeting
682	682	with the vote of eac h member publicly cast and recorded. It is
683	683	required that the board of education shall provide no tice to the
684	684	student, his or her parent, attorney or legal guardian that said
685	685	student is entitled to an executi ve session regarding the discussion
686	686	of expulsion or suspension of said student.
687	687	Any interested member of the public may address a school board
688	688	on any agenda item or item of new business in the time designated
689	689	for public comment at a meeting of the school board. A member of
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741	741	the public may exercise all rights of free speech and assembly
742	742	granted pursuant to the First Amendment of the Constitution of the
743	743	United States to address the school board. No law enforcement
744	744	officer or entity may prevent a member of the public from exercising
745	745	such rights in a law ful manner at a meeting of the school board, nor
746	746	may a law enforcement officer or entity use harassment,
747	747	intimidation, or threat ened prosecution to prevent a member of the
748	748	public from exercising such ri ghts.
749	749	Any action taken in violation of the provisions of this act
750	750	Section 5-101 et seq. of this title shall be invalid.
751	751	Each member of the board of education of a school district with
752	752	an average daily attendance exceeding fifteen thousand (15,000) or a
753	753	school district where boundaries encompass a tot al population
754	754	exceeding one hundred thousand (100 ,000) persons according to the
755	755	last preceding Federal Decennial Census may be paid from the
756	756	district’s general fund a stipend of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00)
757	757	for each regular, special or adjourned meeting of the board of
758	758	education that he or she attends, but not for more than four
759	759	meetings in any calendar month.
760	760	SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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