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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 2nd Session of the 60th Legislature (2026)
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3 SENATE BILL 2161 By: Guthrie
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act;
7 amending 25 O.S. 2021, Section 304, as last amended
8 by Section 2, Chapter 369, O.S.L. 2025 (25 O.S. Supp.
8 2025, Section 304), which relates to definitions;
9 modifying definition; and providing an effective
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12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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13 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 25 O.S. 2021, Section 304, as last
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14 amended by Section 2, Chapter 369, O.S.L. 2025 (25 O.S. Supp. 2025,
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15 Section 304), is amended to read as follows:
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16 Section 304. As used in the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act:
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17 1. "Public body" means the governing bodies of all
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18 municipalities located within this state, boards of county
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19 commissioners of the counties in this state, boards of public and
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20 higher education in this state and all boards, bureaus, commissions,
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21 agencies, trusteeships, authorities, councils, committees, public
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22 trusts or any entity created by a public trust including any
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23 committee or subcommittee composed of any of the members of a public
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24 trust or other legal entity receiving funds from the Rural Economic
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1 Action Plan Fund as authorized by Section 2007 of Title 62 of the
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2 Oklahoma Statutes, task forces or study groups in this state
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3 supported in whole or in part by public funds or entrusted with the
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4 expending of public funds, or administering public property, and
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5 shall include all committees or subcommittees of any public body.
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6 Public body shall not include:
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7 a. the state judiciary,
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8 b. the Council on Judicial Complaints when conducting,
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9 discussing, or deliberating any matter relating to a
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10 complaint received or filed with the Council,
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11 c. the Legislature,
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12 d. administrative staffs of public bodies including, but
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13 not limited to, faculty meetings and athletic staff
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14 meetings of institutions of higher education when
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15 those staffs are not meeting with the public body, or
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16 entry-year assistance committees,
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17 e. multidisciplinary teams provided for in Section 1-9-
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18 102 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, in Section
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19 10-115 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes, and in
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20 subsection C of Section 1-502.2 of Title 63 of the
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21 Oklahoma Statutes or any school board meeting for the
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22 sole purpose of considering recommendations of a
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23 multidisciplinary team and deciding the placement of
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24 any child who is the subject of the recommendations,
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1 f. meetings conducted by stewards designated by the
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2 Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission pursuant to Section
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3 203.4 of Title 3A of the Oklahoma Statutes when the
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4 stewards are officiating at races or otherwise
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5 enforcing rules of the Commission,
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6 g. the board of directors of a Federally Qualified Health
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7 Center or the postadjudication review boards provided
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8 for in Sections 1116.2 and 1116.3 of Title 10 of the
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9 Oklahoma Statutes, or
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10 h. boards of county commissioners for the purposes set
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11 forth in subsections C, D, and E of Section 326 of
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12 Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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13 2. "Meeting" means the conduct of business of a public body by
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14 a majority of its members being personally together or, as
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15 authorized by Section 307.1 of this title, together pursuant to a
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16 videoconference. Any task force, working group, advisory group,
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17 study group, committee, subcommittee, or other group which is
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18 convened or created by a public body to discuss and deliberate, for
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19 the purpose of making recommendations to the public body, regardless
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20 of the number of members present, shall constitute a meeting of the
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21 public body. Meeting shall not include informal gatherings of a
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22 majority of the members of the public body when no business of the
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23 public body is discussed;
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1 3. "Regularly scheduled meeting" means a meeting at which the
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2 regular business of the public body is conducted;
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3 4. "Special meeting" means any meeting of a public body other
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4 than a regularly scheduled meeting or emergency meeting;
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5 5. "Emergency meeting" means any meeting called for the purpose
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6 of dealing with an emergency. For purposes of the Oklahoma Open
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7 Meeting Act, an emergency is defined as a situation involving injury
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8 to persons or injury and damage to public or personal property or
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9 immediate financial loss when the time requirements for public
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10 notice of a special meeting would make such procedure impractical
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11 and increase the likelihood of injury or damage or immediate
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12 financial loss;
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13 6. "Continued or reconvened meeting" means a meeting which is
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14 assembled for the purpose of finishing business appearing on an
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15 agenda of a previous meeting. For the purposes of the Oklahoma Open
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16 Meeting Act, only matters on the agenda of the previous meeting at
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17 which the announcement of the continuance is made may be discussed
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18 at a continued or reconvened meeting;
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19 7. "Videoconference" means a conference among members of a
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20 public body remote from one another who are linked by interactive
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21 telecommunication devices or technology, or technology permitting
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22 both visual and auditory communication between and among members of
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23 the public body or between and among members of the public body and
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24 members of the public. During any videoconference, both the visual
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1 and auditory communications functions shall attempt to be utilized;
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3 8. "Teleconference" means a conference among members of a
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4 public body remote from one another who are linked by
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5 telecommunication devices or technology permitting auditory
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6 communication between and among members of the public body or
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8 public.
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9 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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