South Dakota is strengthening open meeting requirements by requiring public bodies to provide detailed agenda descriptions that give citizens enough information to understand what will be discussed at meetings. Anyone who fails to provide sufficiently detailed agendas can now be charged with a Class 2 misdemeanor, which adds a criminal penalty to enforce this transparency rule.
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Signed by the Governor S.J. 266
Delivered to the Governor S.J. 221
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 251
Signed by the President S.J. 203
House of Representatives Do Pass Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0. H.J. 223
Local Government Certified uncontested, placed on consent H.J. 5
Local Government Do Pass Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 5
Local Government Scheduled for hearing
House of Representatives Referred to House Local Government H.J. 137
First Reading House H.J. 125
Senate Do Pass Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 83
State Affairs Certified uncontested, placed on consent S.J. 3
State Affairs Do Pass Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 3
State Affairs Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 15
Local Government
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