HB 1299 -- Open Meetings and Records Law

Sponsor:  Lampe

This bill changes the laws regarding the Open Meetings and
Records Law, commonly known as the Sunshine Law.  In its main
provisions, the bill:

(1)  Creates a presumption in law that any meeting, record, or
vote in any legal proceeding is open to the public with the
burden on the governmental body or member of the body to prove
that it should be closed to the public;

(2)  Changes the standard for when a governmental body or a
member of the body violates a provision of the Sunshine Law from
who has knowingly violated to who has violated a provision of the
law; and

(3)  Increases, from up to $1,000 to up to $10,000, the civil
penalty for a violation of the provisions of the Sunshine Law.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:10 pm