HB686

Hawaii HB686 amends the sunshine law to include community outreach boards and authorizes their members to organize public meetings.

Hawaii HB686 amends existing sunshine law provisions to include community outreach boards, which serve as intermediaries between residents and government leaders. The bill defines "community outreach board" and authorizes their members to organize meetings or presentations related to official board business statewide. These meetings must be open to the public, free of charge, and not exclusively for board members. Members can ask questions relating to official board business to persons other than fellow board members.