California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 2720


Introduced by Assembly Member Ting

February 21, 2014


An act to amend Section 11122 of the Government Code, relating to public meetings.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2720, as introduced, Ting. State agencies: meetings: record of action taken.

The Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a state body, as defined, be open and public and all persons be permitted to attend any meeting of a state body. The act defines various terms for its purposes, including “action taken,” which means a collective decision made by the members of a state body, a collective commitment or promise by the members of the state body to make a positive or negative decision, or an actual vote by the members of a state body when sitting as a body or entity upon a motion, proposal, resolution, order, or similar action.

This bill would, if the action taken by the members of a state body is a recorded vote, require that the vote be counted and identified in the minutes of the state body.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 11122 of the Government Code is
2amended to read:

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11122.  

As used in this article “action taken” means a collective
2decision made by the members of a state body, a collective
3commitment or promise by the members of the state body to make
4a positive or negative decisionbegin insert,end insert or an actual vote by the members
5of a state body when sitting as a body or entity upon a motion,
6proposal, resolution, order or similar action.begin insert If the action taken by
7the members of a state body is a recorded vote, the vote shall be
8counted and identified in the minutes of the state body.end insert



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