Introduced
by
To permit government agencies authorized by a 1978 “<a href="http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?mcl-448-1976-3">energy employment</a>” law created to provide or subsidize municipal power plants and related projects and dubbed “joint agencies,” to hold “virtual” board meetings electronically on a permanent basis, not just during epidemics. This is one of at least <a href="https://www.michiganvotes.org/SearchLegislation.aspx?Results=50&EndDate=9%2F21%2F2021&StartDate=1%2F1%2F2021&Keywords=electronically+meeting&op=Search">10 bills</a> introduced in this legislature proposing to grant this privilege to the governing bodies of some obscure government authorities, and some that are not obscure.
Referred to the Committee on Oversight
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Amendment offered
by
To also extend this privilege of allowing the governing boards of certain government authorities to hold public meetings over the internet to a state "board of nursing".
The amendment failed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 31 to 6 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Oversight
Referred to the Committee on Energy
