Indiana 2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted 6 R cosponsors

SB 83 — Open meetings.

Last action — Signed by the Governor

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 04, 2022. Enacted.

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High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 62% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 6 sponsors

    3 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (6 R).

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Summary

Requires a governing body of a school corporation or charter school to permit oral public comment on a topic before the governing body takes final action on the topic. Allows the governing body of a state or local public agency to conduct a meeting electronically without any governing body members physically present if a state or local disaster emergency is declared and the following circumstances exist: (1) Meeting in person would present an imminent risk to the health or safety of the governing body and public. (2) In the case of a governing body of a school corporation or charter school, in addition to the presence of the circumstances described in (1), at least one school within the jurisdiction of the school corporation or charter school is closed because of the disaster emergency. Adds a definition of "charter school" for purposes of the open door law that includes a virtual charter school.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor

  2. Public Law 124

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Signed by the Speaker

  5. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  6. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 354: yeas 39, nays 11

  7. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 373: yeas 93, nays 0

  8. CCR # 1 filed in the House

  9. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate

  10. Senator Walker K added as conferee

  11. Senator Ford J.D. removed as conferee

  12. Senator Walker K removed as advisor

  13. Senate advisors appointed: Walker K and Yoder

  14. Senate conferees appointed: Leising and Ford J.D.

  15. House advisors appointed: O'Brien, Prescott and Pfaff

  16. House conferees appointed: Behning and DeLaney

  17. Senate dissented from House amendments

  18. Motion to dissent filed

  19. Returned to the Senate with amendments

  20. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 294: yeas 94, nays 0

  21. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  22. Amendment #1 (DeLaney) prevailed; voice vote

  23. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  24. First reading: referred to Committee on Education

  25. Referred to the House

  26. Senator Becker added as coauthor

  27. Cosponsors: Representatives O'Brien T and Prescott

  28. House sponsor: Representative Behning

  29. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 143: yeas 45, nays 4

  30. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  31. Amendment #1 (Leising) prevailed; voice vote

  32. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  33. Senator Walker K added as second author

  34. First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development

  35. Authored by Senator Leising

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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3 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 144 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (3)

Not signed on (144)

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Subjects

public-safety education technology
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 83 do?
Requires a governing body of a school corporation or charter school to permit oral public comment on a topic before the governing body takes final action on the topic. Allows the governing body of a state or local public agency to conduct a meeting electronically without any governing body members physically present if a state or local disaster emergency is declared and the following circumstances exist: (1) Meeting in person would present an imminent risk to the health or safety of the governing body and public. (2) In the case of a governing body of a school corporation or charter school, in addition to the presence of the circumstances described in (1), at least one school within the jurisdiction of the school corporation or charter school is closed because of the disaster emergency. Adds a definition of "charter school" for purposes of the open door law that includes a virtual charter school.
Who sponsors SB 83?
SB 83 is sponsored by Jean Leising (Republican), Robert Behning (Republican), Timothy O'Brien (Republican), J.D. Prescott (Republican), Kyle Walker (Republican), and Vaneta Becker (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 83?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 04, 2022. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 83?
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