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House Bill 1384/Senate Bill 5655

New law limits closed-door meetings
Originally published May 10
OLYMPIA -- Elected officials will find it harder to carry out the public's business behind closed doors under a bill signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Gary Locke. click here for the full story

State senators pass open-meetings bill
Originally published April 5
OLYMPIA -- Elected officials will need stronger justification to go behind closed doors to conduct the public's business, under a bill approved Wednesday by the state Senate. click here for the full story

House gives thumbs up to sunshine law revision
Originally published March 14
OLYMPIA -- An effort to seal a loophole in the state's open meetings law cleared a major hurdle Tuesday when it was passed by the House of Representatives. click here for the full story

Sunshine law debate intensifies: Opponents, supporters of open meetings bill stand behind positions
Originally published Feb. 9
OLYMPIA -- Even as local officials continued to line up Thursday against a bill that would make it more difficult to close public meetings to the public, several legislators -- some with deep ties to local government -- came out for the legislation. click here for the full story

Media, officials square off at open-meetings hearing
Originally published Feb. 6
OLYMPIA -- A bill that would strengthen the state's open meetings law had its first hearing Monday as supporters and opponents of the legislation came out in force before the House State and Local Government Committee. click here for the full story

Law would open more government meetings
Originally published Jan. 24
OLYMPIA -- A provision in state law that allows government bodies to close public meetings under the wide-ranging cover of "potential litigation" would be tightened up under a bill introduced Tuesday in the House of Representatives. click here for the full story

Complete text of Substitute House Bill 1384

Complete text of Senate Bill 5655

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