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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 2162 By: Standridge
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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; repealing 25 O.S. 2021, Section
9 309, which relates to the Legislature; and providing
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 25 O.S. 2021, Section 304, as last
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15 amended by Section 2, Chapter 369, O.S.L. 2025 (25 O.S. Supp. 2025,
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16 Section 304), is amended to read as follows:
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17 Section 304. As used in the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act:
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18 1. "Public body" means the governing bodies of all
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19 municipalities located within this state, the Legislature, boards of
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20 county commissioners of the counties in this state, boards of public
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21 and higher education in this state, and all boards, bureaus,
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22 commissions, agencies, trusteeships, authorities, councils,
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23 committees, public trusts, or any entity created by a public trust
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24 including any committee or subcommittee composed of any of the
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1 members of a public trust or other legal entity receiving funds from
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2 the Rural Economic Action Plan Fund as authorized by Section 2007 of
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3 Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes, task forces or study groups in
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4 this state supported in whole or in part by public funds or
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5 entrusted with the expending of public funds, or administering
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6 public property, and shall include all committees or subcommittees
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7 of any public body. Public body shall not include:
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8 a. the state judiciary,
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9 b. the Council on Judicial Complaints when conducting,
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10 discussing, or deliberating any matter relating to a
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11 complaint received or filed with the Council,
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12 c. the Legislature,
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13 d. administrative staffs of public bodies including, but
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14 not limited to, faculty meetings and athletic staff
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15 meetings of institutions of higher education when
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16 those staffs are not meeting with the public body, or
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17 entry-year assistance committees,
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18 e. d. multidisciplinary teams provided for in Section 1-9-
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19 102 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, in Section
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20 10-115 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes, and in
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21 subsection C of Section 1-502.2 of Title 63 of the
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22 Oklahoma Statutes or any school board meeting for the
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23 sole purpose of considering recommendations of a
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1 multidisciplinary team and deciding the placement of
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2 any child who is the subject of the recommendations,
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3 f. e. meetings conducted by stewards designated by the
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4 Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission pursuant to Section
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5 203.4 of Title 3A of the Oklahoma Statutes when the
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6 stewards are officiating at races or otherwise
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7 enforcing rules of the Commission,
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8 g. f. the board of directors of a Federally Qualified
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9 Health Center or the postadjudication review boards
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10 provided for in Sections 1116.2 and 1116.3 of Title 10
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11 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or
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12 h. g. boards of county commissioners for the purposes set
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13 forth in subsections C, D, and E of Section 326 of
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14 Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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15 2. "Meeting" means the conduct of business of a public body by
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16 a majority of its members being personally together or, as
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17 authorized by Section 307.1 of this title, together pursuant to a
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18 videoconference. Meeting shall not include informal gatherings of a
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19 majority of the members of the public body when no business of the
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20 public body is discussed;
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21 3. "Regularly scheduled meeting" means a meeting at which the
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22 regular business of the public body is conducted;
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23 4. "Special meeting" means any meeting of a public body other
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24 than a regularly scheduled meeting or emergency meeting;
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1 5. "Emergency meeting" means any meeting called for the purpose
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2 of dealing with an emergency. For purposes of the Oklahoma Open
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3 Meeting Act, an emergency is defined as a situation involving injury
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4 to persons or injury and damage to public or personal property or
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5 immediate financial loss when the time requirements for public
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6 notice of a special meeting would make such procedure impractical
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7 and increase the likelihood of injury or damage or immediate
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8 financial loss;
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9 6. "Continued or reconvened meeting" means a meeting which is
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10 assembled for the purpose of finishing business appearing on an
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11 agenda of a previous meeting. For the purposes of the Oklahoma Open
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12 Meeting Act, only matters on the agenda of the previous meeting at
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13 which the announcement of the continuance is made may be discussed
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14 at a continued or reconvened meeting;
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15 7. "Videoconference" means a conference among members of a
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16 public body remote from one another who are linked by interactive
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17 telecommunication devices or technology, or technology permitting
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18 both visual and auditory communication between and among members of
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19 the public body or between and among members of the public body and
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20 members of the public. During any videoconference, both the visual
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21 and auditory communications functions shall attempt to be utilized;
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23 8. "Teleconference" means a conference among members of a
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1 telecommunication devices or technology permitting auditory
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2 communication between and among members of the public body or
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3 between and among members of the public body and members of the
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5 SECTION 2. REPEALER 25 O.S. 2021, Section 309, is hereby
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6 repealed.
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7 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2026.
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