1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to openness in government; requiring certain budget negotiations to 
1.3 	be open to the public;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 3.055, 
1.4 	subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 3.055, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Meetings to be open. (a) Meetings of the legislature shall be open 
1.8 	to the public, including sessions of the senate, sessions of the house of representatives, 
1.9 	joint sessions of the senate and the house of representatives, and meetings of a standing 
1.10 	committee, committee division, subcommittee, conference committee, or legislative 
1.11 	commission, but not including a caucus of the members of any of those bodies from the 
1.12 	same house and political party nor a delegation of legislators representing a geographic 
1.13 	area or political subdivision. For purposes of this section, a meeting occurs when a quorum 
1.14 	is present and action is taken regarding a matter within the jurisdiction of the body. 
1.15 	(b) In addition to the openness requirements imposed on conference committees by 
1.16 	paragraph (a), from the time a conference committee is appointed until it is disbanded, 
1.17 	any negotiations between senate and house of representatives members of the conference 
1.18 	committee or senate and house of representatives staff members related to the conference 
1.19 	committee or the bill referred to the conference committee must be open to the public.
1.20 	(c) A meeting between the majority leader of the senate and the speaker of the house 
1.21 	to set budget targets or negotiate the state budget must be open to the public.
1.22 	(d) A meeting with the governor to set budget targets or negotiate the state budget 
1.23 	must be open to the public if the meeting includes any of the following members of the 
1.24 	legislature:
2.1 	(1) the majority leader of the senate;
2.2 	(2) the speaker of the house;
2.3 	(3) the minority leader of either the senate or house of representatives; or
2.4 	(4) the chair of a standing committee or division of the senate or house of 
2.5 	representatives.
2.6 	(e) Each house shall provide by rule for posting notices of meetings, recording 
2.7 	proceedings, and making the recordings and votes available to the public.

2.8 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.9 	This act is effective the day following final enactment.