BILL · 2003–04 SESSION

SB 5151: Open public meetings

Changing provisions relating to open public meetings.

Summary

Requirements for meeting notice and location are made more stringent, but emergency exceptions to notice requirements are broadened. An agency must post a meeting agenda in advance of every meeting.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5151), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to open public meetings;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5151 (2025–26) Annual state spending growth · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5151 (2023–24) Secretary of state exec team · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5151 (2021–22) Foster care & child care · Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 304, Laws of 2021
SB 5151 (2019–20) Growth mngmt board/indexing · Enacted · Chapter 452, Laws of 2019
SB 5151 (2017–18) Ballot measure committees · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5151 (2015–16) Cultural competency/hlthcare · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5151 (2013–14) "Guilty & mentally ill" plea · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5151 (2011–12) Companion animal program · Did not pass · died in committee