The Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act requires, with specified exceptions for authorized closed sessions, that all meetings of a state body be open and public and all persons be permitted to attend any meeting of a state body. Existing law establishes the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) , administered under the authority of the Insurance Commissioner and governed by a 3-member governing board, to transact insurance in this state as necessary to sell policies of basic residential earthquake insurance. Under existing law, the CEA's governing board is advised by an appointed advisory panel.
This bill would provide, as an exception to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, that nothing in the act prevents the CEA's governing board or advisory panel from holding closed sessions when addressing the development of rates, contracting strategy, or competitive strategy when discussion in open session concerning those matters would prejudice the position of the CEA.
Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.
This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.

Statutes affected:
AB1505: 8590.16 GOV
02/17/23 - Introduced: 8590.16 GOV
05/18/23 - Amended Assembly: 8590.16 GOV
06/19/23 - Amended Senate: 8590.16 GOV
07/03/23 - Amended Senate: 8590.16 GOV
04/24/24 - Amended Senate: 11126 GOV, 8590.16 GOV
AB 1505: 8590.16 GOV