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<a href="mailto:candiceb@awcnet.org">Candice Bock</a>, <a href="mailto:brandona@awcnet.org">Brandon Anderson</a> | Feb 04, 2019
<strong><a target="_blank" href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1782&Year=2019&Initiative=false">HB 1782</a></strong> would make public agency advisory boards, committees, or other similar advisory groups subject to the requirements of the <strong><a target="_blank" href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=42.30">Open Public Meetings Act</a></strong>.
HB 1782 would make public agency advisory boards, committees, or other similar advisory groups subject to the requirements of the Open Public Meetings Act. It also includes any advisory committee which has been delegated action by the governing body, director, or chief executive of a jurisdiction.
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Dates to remember
HB 1782 is scheduled for a public meeting on Tuesday, February 5 at 1:30 pm in the House State Government & Tribal Relations Committee.