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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 832 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 3, Chapter 237, O.S.L. 2024 (25 O.S. Supp.
8 2024, Section 304), which relates to definitions;
9 adding deputy county commissioners to definition of
9 public body; and providing an effective date.
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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 3, Chapter 237, O.S.L. 2024 (25 O.S. Supp. 2024,
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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, including deputy
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20 commissioners, boards of public and higher education in this state
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21 and all boards, bureaus, commissions, agencies, trusteeships,
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22 authorities, councils, committees, public trusts or any entity
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23 created by a public trust including any committee or subcommittee
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24 composed of any of the members of a public trust or other legal
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1 entity receiving funds from the Rural Economic Action Plan Fund as
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2 authorized by Section 2007 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes,
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3 task forces or study groups in this state supported in whole or in
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4 part by public funds or entrusted with the expending of public
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5 funds, or administering public property, and shall include all
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6 committees or subcommittees of any public body. Public body shall
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7 not include the state judiciary, the Council on Judicial Complaints
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8 when conducting, discussing, or deliberating any matter relating to
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9 a complaint received or filed with the Council, the Legislature, or
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10 administrative staffs of public bodies including, but not limited
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11 to, faculty meetings and athletic staff meetings of institutions of
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12 higher education when those staffs are not meeting with the public
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13 body, or entry-year assistance committees. Furthermore, public body
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14 shall not include the multidisciplinary teams provided for in
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15 Section 1-9-102 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, in Section
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16 10-115 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes, and in subsection C of
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17 Section 1-502.2 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes or any school
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18 board meeting for the sole purpose of considering recommendations of
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19 a multidisciplinary team and deciding the placement of any child who
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20 is the subject of the recommendations. Furthermore, public body
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21 shall not include meetings conducted by stewards designated by the
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22 Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission pursuant to Section 203.4 of Title
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23 3A of the Oklahoma Statutes when the stewards are officiating at
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24 races or otherwise enforcing rules of the Commission. Furthermore,
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1 public body shall not include the board of directors of a Federally
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2 Qualified Health Center or the postadjudication review boards
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3 provided for in Sections 1116.2 and 1116.3 of Title 10 of the
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4 Oklahoma Statutes;
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5 2. "Meeting" means the conduct of business of a public body by
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6 a majority of its members being personally together or, as
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7 authorized by Section 307.1 of this title, together pursuant to a
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8 videoconference. Meeting shall not include informal gatherings of a
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9 majority of the members of the public body when no business of the
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10 public body is discussed;
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11 3. "Regularly scheduled meeting" means a meeting at which the
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12 regular business of the public body is conducted;
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13 4. "Special meeting" means any meeting of a public body other
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14 than a regularly scheduled meeting or emergency meeting;
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15 5. "Emergency meeting" means any meeting called for the purpose
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16 of dealing with an emergency. For purposes of the Oklahoma Open
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17 Meeting Act, an emergency is defined as a situation involving injury
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18 to persons or injury and damage to public or personal property or
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19 immediate financial loss when the time requirements for public
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20 notice of a special meeting would make such procedure impractical
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21 and increase the likelihood of injury or damage or immediate
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22 financial loss;
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23 6. "Continued or reconvened meeting" means a meeting which is
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24 assembled for the purpose of finishing business appearing on an
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1 agenda of a previous meeting. For the purposes of the Oklahoma Open
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2 Meeting Act, only matters on the agenda of the previous meeting at
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3 which the announcement of the continuance is made may be discussed
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4 at a continued or reconvened meeting;
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5 7. "Videoconference" means a conference among members of a
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6 public body remote from one another who are linked by interactive
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7 telecommunication devices or technology and/or technology permitting
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8 both visual and auditory communication between and among members of
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9 the public body and/or between and among members of the public body
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10 and members of the public. During any videoconference, both the
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11 visual and auditory communications functions shall attempt to be
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12 utilized; and
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13 8. "Teleconference" means a conference among members of a
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14 public body remote from one another who are linked by
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15 telecommunication devices and/or technology permitting auditory
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16 communication between and among members of the public body and/or
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17 between and among members of the public body and members of the
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18 public.
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19 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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