HB 2558 -- 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 a governmental body or a member of
the body from who has knowingly violated a provision of the
Sunshine Law to who has violated a provision of the law; and

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

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated October 15, 2008 at 3:12 pm