Proposed bill would erode public’s ‘right to know’
A bill that would all-but-exempt county councils from the state’s open meetings law, also known as the “Sunshine Law,” is set to receive a hearing today.
Senate Bill 720, co-introduced by Sens. J. Kalani English and Gilbert Keith-Agaran, both Maui Democrats, and Oahu Democrats Michelle Kidani, Donna Mercado Kim and Bennette Misalucha, is scheduled to be heard at 1:30 p.m. today by the Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs.
If passed, the bill “authorizes county council members to caucus during official council meetings.”
