Texas HB638 requires certain governmental bodies to record and archive open meetings on the Internet.

Texas HB638 mandates that certain governmental bodies, including school district boards with 10,000 or more students, home-rule municipalities with 50,000 or more residents, and county commissioners courts with 125,000 or more residents, record open meetings. These bodies must make video and audio recordings of reasonable quality of each regularly scheduled open meeting and any work session or special called meeting where votes are cast or public comment is allowed. The recordings must be archived and made available on the Internet.

Texas HB638 requires certain governmental bodies to record and archive open meetings on the Internet.

Texas HB638 mandates that certain governmental bodies, including school district boards with 10,000 or more students, home-rule municipalities with 50,000 or more residents, and county commissioners courts with 125,000 or more residents, record open meetings. These bodies must make video and audio recordings of reasonable quality of each regularly scheduled open meeting and any work session or special called meeting where votes are cast or public comment is allowed. The recordings must be archived and made available on the Internet.