District of Columbia Council Period 25 Status: Enacted

PR 25-0273 — Virtual Open Meetings Authority Extension Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2023

Last action — Resolution R25-0183, Effective from Jun 20, 2023 Published in DC Register Page 009099

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Council
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced June 15, 2023. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

50 added · 62 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent changes to the bill clarify that public meetings can now be considered open to the public if steps are taken to allow access, including audio and video viewing, or if that's not possible, as soon as feasible afterwards. This amendment continues to support virtual meetings that were initially introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring that residents can still participate in government processes remotely. This is important because it maintains public engagement and transparency, adapting to the ongoing needs of the community for accessibility in meeting attendance.

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2 Councilmember Brooke Pinto 4 6 A PROPOSED RESOLUTION 8 ______________ IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA _________________ To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend the Open Meetings Act of 2010 to provide that a meeting shall be deemed open to the public if the public body takes steps reasonably calculated to allow the public to view or hear the meeting while the meeting is taking place, or, if doing so is not technologically feasible, as soon thereafter as reasonably practicable.
ENROLLED ORIGINAL A RESOLUTION 25-183 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA June 20, 2023 To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend the Open Meetings Act of 2010 to provide that a meeting shall be deemed open to the public if the public body takes steps reasonably calculated to allow the public to view or hear the meeting while the meeting is taking place, or, if doing so is not technologically feasible, as soon thereafter as reasonably practicable.
Although many public bodies have resumed in-person meetings, most continue to stream their meetings online or otherwise make the meeting available in a virtual format to allow residents to participate remotely.
Although many public bodies have resumed in-person meetings, most ENROLLED ORIGINAL continue to stream their meetings online or otherwise make the meeting available in a virtual format to allow residents to participate remotely.
The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Virtual Open Meetings Authority Extension Emergency Amendment Act of 2023 be adopted after a single reading.
The Council determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Virtual Open Meetings Authority Extension Emergency Amendment Act of 2023 be adopted after a single reading.
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Action History

  1. Resolution R25-0183, Effective from Jun 20, 2023 Published in DC Register Page 009099

  2. Approved with Resolution Number R25-0183

  3. Final Reading

  4. Retained by the Council

  5. PR25-0273 Introduced by Councilmember Pinto at Office of the Secretary

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 13 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (13)

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Votes

Final Reading

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12001
Total 12001
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Anita Bonds — Yea
Brianne K. Nadeau — Yea
Brooke Pinto — Yea
Charles Allen — Yea
Christina Henderson — Yea
Janeese Lewis George — Yea
Kenyan R. McDuffie — Yea
Matthew Frumin — Yea
Phil Mendelson — Yea
Robert C. White, Jr. — Yea
Trayon White, Sr. — Yea
Vincent Gray — Not Voting
Zachary Parker — Yea

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Subjects

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PR 25-0273 is sponsored by Brooke Pinto.
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