Senate Bill 183, An Act Concerning Remote Meetings under the Freedom of Information Act

Injustice thrives in the dark. The ability to shed sunlight on government action through Freedom of Information requests is essential to holding public officials accountable and to preventing state-sanctioned discrimination, abuse, and mismanagement.

Injustice thrives in the dark. The ability to shed sunlight on government action through Freedom of Information requests is essential to holding public officials accountable and to preventing state-sanctioned discrimination, abuse, and mismanagement.

Under this bill, virtual meetings are also subject to FOIA on the same timeframes and to the same extent as in-person meetings. This is both commonsense and extremely important to preserving and protecting FOIA during this pandemic.