Open Meeting Law Provisions Extended: CPC's Can Continue Remote Meetings Until 2023

Since 2020, Community Preservation Committees and other public bodies have been able to conduct their meetings remotely thanks to special COVID-19 provisions that expanded the rules around the state's Open Meeting Law. While these provisions were due to expire this summer, the Legislature recently passed an extension of this provision until March 31, 2023. This means that CPC's and other committees can continue to operate remotely, "provided that the public body makes provision to ensure public access to the deliberations of the public body for interested members of the public through adequate, alternative means."

For more information on how CPC's can ensure public access to remote meetings, or to read the full text of the bill that extended these provisions, follow the links below.

Further Resources:

• How CPC's Can Meet Remotely (Coalition article from 2020)
• Chapter 107 of the Acts of 2022: An Act Relative to Extending Certain State of Emergency Accommodations (includes extensions related to modifications for holding town meetings and the ability for public bodies to hold remote meetings)