{"id":"WA-020","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Washington","state":"WA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Jay Inslee","authority":"RCW 43.06.220(1)(h) and (2); chapters 38.08, 38.52, 43.06 RCW","instrument":"Proclamation 20-28","title":"Open Public Meetings Act and Public Records Act (prohibition on in-person public meetings and in-person records access)","dateIssued":"2020-03-24","effective":"2020-03-24","end":"2020-04-23 midnight by its terms; extended by 20-28.1 through 20-28.15 (Jan. 19, 2021: until termination of the emergency); rescinded April 29, 2022 (20-28.16)","startDate":"2020-03-24","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["every public agency subject to RCW 42.30 (Open Public Meetings Act) and RCW 42.56 (Public Records Act)"],"clause":"[Proclamation 20-05 is amended] to prohibit public agencies as follows: Any public agency, subject to RCW 42.30, is prohibited from conducting any meeting [subject to the Act unless the meeting is not conducted in-person and provides an option for the public to attend remotely]... [agencies are] prohibited from taking \u0027action,\u0027 as defined in RCW 42.30.020, unless those matters are [necessary and routine or necessary to respond to the outbreak]... [Public Records Act in-person provisions] hereby waived and suspended as provided herein until midnight on April 23, 2020","enforcement":"RCW 43.06.220(5)","functions":["CT courts, agencies, recorders and public offices","PM permits, inspections and plan review (public hearings)","BD bidding and public meetings","OW owners and agencies (project approvals)"],"notes":"Every city council, county commission, school board, planning commission and licensing board in Washington was prohibited from meeting in person and, in the first weeks, from acting on non-urgent business; remained in force in Q3 2021 (Ex. WA-058).","sourceUrl":"https://governor.wa.gov/sites/default/files/proclamations/20-28%20-%20COVID-19%20Open%20Govt%20Laws%20Waivers%20(tmp).pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":218055,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"WA","url":"/library/WA-020","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/WA-020","citation":"Governor Jay Inslee, Proclamation 20-28 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. WA-020)","stateName":"Washington","related":["WA-058","WA-016","WA-022","WA-019","WA-015","WA-013","WA-014","WA-004","WA-005","WA-009","WA-010","WA-011"]}