Temporary D.C. law allowed delayed access when technology blocked live access

A public body could count a meeting as open by taking reasonable steps to let people view or hear it. The option applied to meetings of public bodies covered by D.C.'s open meetings rules. If live access was not technologically feasible, the body could provide access as soon afterward as reasonably practical. The temporary law expired 225 days after taking effect.

The law said its open meetings rules did not apply to these meetings. The meeting had to be between members of the D.C. Council and the mayor. No official action could be decided at the meeting. The exception applied during the law's 225-day term.

The law defined which D.C. Council gatherings counted as meetings under its open meetings rules. It covered regular or added legislative meetings and committee meetings where members voted. The definition applied during the law's 225-day term.

Public bodies could discuss or act on specific safety methods, or receive briefings about those methods, under the open meetings rules. The methods had to address terrorist activity or other serious dangers to public health and safety. Disclosure had to risk endangering the public or the public body. The provision applied during the law's 225-day term.