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CS/SB 560: Public Meetings and Records/Imminent Litigation

PUBLIC RECORDS/GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Steube

Public Meetings and Records/Imminent Litigation ; Expanding an exemption from public meetings requirements to allow specified entities to meet in private with attorneys and technical experts to discuss imminent litigation if certain conditions are met; requiring the transcript of a private meeting concerning imminent litigation to be made public upon the occurrence of a certain circumstance; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2018
 Last Action: 3/10/2018 Senate - Died on Calendar
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Judiciary (JU)
  2. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    10/19/2017 Senate • Filed
    11/2/2017 Senate • Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules -SJ 45
    11/6/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 11/14/17, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
    11/14/2017 Senate • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 9 NAYS 1 -SJ 102
    • Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability -SJ 102
    1/5/2018 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 01/10/18, 9:00 am, 401 Senate Office Building
    1/9/2018 Senate • Introduced -SJ 45
    1/10/2018 Senate • Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 141
    1/11/2018 Senate • Now in Rules -SJ 141
    1/22/2018 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 01/25/18, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
    1/25/2018 Senate • CS by- Rules; YEAS 10 NAYS 2 -SJ 228
    1/29/2018 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 228
    1/30/2018 Senate • CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 231
    3/10/2018 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died on Calendar

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  • CS/SB 560, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/29/2018 at 10:07 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 439 (c1) Public Meetings and Records Donalds Similar Last Action: 3/10/2018 H Died in Government Accountability Committee Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    286.011 Public meetings and records; public inspection; criminal and civil penalties. Page 1 (pdf)

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  • SB 560, Original Filed Version Posted 10/19/2017 at 9:20 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 11/13/2017 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 11/14/2017 (pdf)
    Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Pre-Meeting) 1/9/2018 (pdf)
    Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Post-Meeting) 1/10/2018 (pdf)
    Rules (Pre-Meeting) 1/24/2018 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 1/29/2018 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 439 (c1) Public Meetings and Records Donalds Similar Last Action: 3/10/2018 H Died in Government Accountability Committee Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (3)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    851136 - Amendment
    Delete lines 27 - 83 and insert:     		Rules
    (Steube)     		1/24/2018
    10:30 AM     		Replaced by Substitute Amendment
    1/25/2018     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 256718 - Substitute Amendment (851136)
    Delete lines 27 - 90 and insert:     		Rules
    (Steube)     		1/25/2018
    8:09 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    1/25/2018     		Web Page
    PDF
    161932 - Amendment
    Delete line 38 and insert:     		Rules
    (Steube)     		1/24/2018
    10:29 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    1/25/2018     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (3)

    Date Committee Result
    11/14/2017 2:00 PM Judiciary 9 Yeas - 1 Nays
    1/10/2018 9:00 AM Governmental Oversight and Accountability 6 Yeas - 0 Nays
    1/25/2018 1:30 PM Rules 10 Yeas - 2 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    286.011 Public meetings and records; public inspection; criminal and civil penalties. Page 1 (pdf)

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