Open Meetings & Public Notice Laws — United States

52 states with open meetings and public notice requirements.

States

Jurisdiction	Law	Regular Notice	Special Mtg	Public Comment	Closed Topics	Score
Alabama	Alabama Open Meetings Act	7 days	1 day	Not required	5	49
Alaska	Alaska Open Meetings Act	7 days	1 day	Not required	5	64
Arizona	Arizona Open Meeting Law	1 day	1 day	Required	5	52
Arkansas	Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (Open Meetings)	3 days	2 days	Not required	4	38
California 2 laws	Ralph M. Brown Act	3 days	1 day	Required	7	65
Colorado	Colorado Open Meetings Law (Sunshine Act)	1 day	1 day	Not required	6	49
Connecticut	Connecticut Freedom of Information Act (Open Meetings)	1 day	1 day	Not required	6	39
Delaware	Delaware Freedom of Information Act (Open Meetings)	7 days	1 day	Not required	7	66
District of Columbia	DC Open Meetings Act	2 days	2 days	Not required	7	52
Florida	Florida Government in the Sunshine Law	7 days	—	Not required	2	47
Georgia	Georgia Open Meetings Act	1 day	1 day	Not required	5	42
Hawaii	Hawaii Sunshine Law	6 days	6 days	Required	6	73
Idaho	Idaho Open Meetings Law	5 days	1 day	Not required	5	51
Illinois	Illinois Open Meetings Act	2 days	2 days	Required	7	57
Indiana	Indiana Open Door Law	2 days	2 days	Not required	6	52
Iowa	Iowa Open Meetings Law	1 day	1 day	Not required	6	39
Kansas	Kansas Open Meetings Act (KOMA)	1 day	1 day	Not required	7	34
Kentucky	Kentucky Open Meetings Act	1 day	1 day	Not required	5	42
Louisiana	Louisiana Open Meetings Law	1 day	1 day	Required	6	49
Maine	Maine Freedom of Access Act (Open Meetings)	3 days	1 day	Not required	5	43
Maryland	Maryland Open Meetings Act	1 day	1 day	Not required	6	44
Massachusetts	Massachusetts Open Meeting Law	2 days	2 days	Not required	7	47
Michigan	Michigan Open Meetings Act	10 days	1 day	Required	6	56
Minnesota	Minnesota Open Meeting Law	1 day	3 days	Not required	5	42
Mississippi	Mississippi Open Meetings Act	3 days	1 day	Not required	5	53
Missouri	Missouri Sunshine Law	1 day	1 day	Not required	7	34
Montana	Montana Open Meetings Law	2 days	2 days	Required	5	65
Nebraska	Nebraska Open Meetings Act	1 day	1 day	Required	5	47
Nevada	Nevada Open Meeting Law	3 days	3 days	Required	5	63
New Hampshire	New Hampshire Right-to-Know Law	1 day	1 day	Not required	5	37
New Jersey	Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act	2 days	2 days	Not required	7	42
New Mexico	New Mexico Open Meetings Act	3 days	1 day	Not required	6	45
New York	New York Open Meetings Law	3 days	3 days	Not required	6	50
North Carolina	North Carolina Open Meetings Law	2 days	2 days	Not required	7	32
North Dakota	North Dakota Open Meetings Law	1 day	5 days	Not required	5	37
Ohio	Ohio Open Meetings Act (Sunshine Law)	1 day	1 day	Not required	6	29
Oklahoma	Oklahoma Open Meeting Act	1 day	2 days	Not required	6	39
Oregon	Oregon Public Meetings Law	7 days	1 day	Not required	6	56
Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania Sunshine Act	1 day	1 day	Required	6	49
Rhode Island	Rhode Island Open Meetings Act	2 days	2 days	Not required	6	37
South Carolina	South Carolina Freedom of Information Act (Open Meetings)	1 day	1 day	Not required	5	47
South Dakota	South Dakota Open Meetings Law	1 day	1 day	Required	5	52
Tennessee	Tennessee Open Meetings Act (Sunshine Law)	2 days	2 days	Not required	4	40
Texas	Texas Open Meetings Act	3 days	3 days	Required	5	63
Utah	Utah Open and Public Meetings Act	1 day	1 day	Not required	6	49
Vermont	Vermont Open Meeting Law	2 days	1 day	Required	6	67
Virginia	Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Open Meetings)	3 days	3 days	Required	7	60
Washington	Washington Open Public Meetings Act	1 day	1 day	Not required	6	44
West Virginia	West Virginia Open Governmental Meetings Act	3 days	2 days	Not required	4	48
Wisconsin	Wisconsin Open Meetings Law	1 day	1 day	Not required	6	34
Wyoming	Wyoming Public Meetings Act	1 day	2 days	Not required	4	37