Governor’s Office clears path for governmental bodies to meet telephonically or by videoconference during coronavirus disaster
Sat, 03/21/2020 - 12:00am
AUSTIN - Governor Abbott’s office today approved a request by the Office of the Attorney General to temporarily suspend a limited number of open meeting laws in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disaster. This action will allow governmental bodies to conduct meetings by telephone or video conference to advance the public health goal of limiting faceto-face meetings (also called “social distancing”) to slow the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).
