Guide to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act
The Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act is the public meetings law that applies to California state boards, committees, and commissions.
The Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act helps implement the California Constitution’s command that “the meetings of public bodies … shall be open to public scrutiny.” The act, one of four open-meetings acts in California, facilitates accountability and transparency of government activities and protects the rights of people to participate in state government deliberations. It is modeled after the Ralph M. Brown Act, which applies to open meetings at the county and local government level.
The Bagley-Keene Act can be found at sections 11120 to 11133 of the California Government Code can be found on the Legislature’s website.
- The California Attorney General’s Office Guide to the Bagley-Keene Act, updated in 2023, can be found on this page.
- The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Open Government Guide for California can be found on this page.
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