{"id":2235,"date":"2025-12-19T11:44:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/?post_type=press&p=2235"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:44:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:44:49","slug":"advocates-applaud-advance-of-bill-to-modernize-open-meeting-law-guarantee-hybrid-meetings","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/es\/press\/defensores-aplauden-avance-de-proyecto-de-ley-para-modernizar-ley-de-reuniones-abiertas-garantizar-reuniones-hibridas\/","title":{"rendered":"Defensores aplauden avance de proyecto de ley para modernizar Ley de Reuniones Abiertas y garantizar reuniones h\u00edbridas"},"template":"","class_list":["post-2235","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":" With the option to hold virtual public meetings set to expire statewide in March 2027, the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight recently advanced a bill (H.4831) that would update the Open Meeting Law to require hybrid meetings, guaranteeing the ability to participate in state and municipal meetings remotely as well as in person. Disability rights, free press, and civic organizations today applauded the move.","featured_image":"","press_type":146,"authors":"","related_issues":[464],"related_work":false,"location":24},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"
Boston, Massachusetts<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Dado que la opci\u00f3n de celebrar reuniones p\u00fablicas virtuales expirar\u00e1 en todo el estado en marzo de 2027, el Comit\u00e9 Conjunto de Administraci\u00f3n Estatal y Supervisi\u00f3n Regulatoria recientemente\u00a0present\u00f3 un proyecto de ley<\/a>\u00a0(H.4831) que actualizar\u00eda la Ley de Reuniones Abiertas para exigir reuniones h\u00edbridas, garantizando as\u00ed la posibilidad de participar en reuniones estatales y municipales tanto de forma remota como presencial. Organizaciones de derechos de las personas con discapacidad, de prensa libre y c\u00edvicas aplaudieron hoy la medida.<\/div>\r\n
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La ACLU de Massachusetts, el Centro de Boston para la Vida Independiente, Common Cause Massachusetts, el Centro de Derecho para Discapacitados, la Liga de Mujeres Votantes de Massachusetts, la Asociaci\u00f3n de Editores de Peri\u00f3dicos de Massachusetts, MASSPIRG, la Coalici\u00f3n de la Primera Enmienda de Nueva Inglaterra y la Asociaci\u00f3n de Peri\u00f3dicos y Prensa de Nueva Inglaterra publicaron la siguiente declaraci\u00f3n conjunta en respuesta:<\/div>\r\n
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Agradecemos al presidente Cabral y a sus colegas de la C\u00e1mara de Representantes en el comit\u00e9 por su dedicaci\u00f3n a esta legislaci\u00f3n. En toda la Commonwealth, el acceso h\u00edbrido a reuniones p\u00fablicas \u2014que permite a las personas participar presencialmente o a distancia\u2014 ha aumentado significativamente la participaci\u00f3n p\u00fablica en los gobiernos estatales y locales, y ha reducido las barreras para las personas con discapacidad, las personas con acceso limitado al transporte y las personas con obligaciones laborales y familiares.<\/div>\r\n
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Esta legislaci\u00f3n es crucial porque garantiza el acceso h\u00edbrido en lugar de dejar que cada organismo celebre las reuniones seg\u00fan sus preferencias. Cuando un organismo p\u00fablico cierra la puerta al acceso remoto, cierra la puerta a grandes grupos de ciudadanos comprometidos con la ciudadan\u00eda.<\/div>\r\n
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Tras la pandemia, muchos organismos gubernamentales han vuelto a celebrar reuniones exclusivamente presenciales, lo que impide el acceso a personas con discapacidad y otras personas. Esperamos que, cuando la legislatura considere esta legislaci\u00f3n, las reformas permanentes que garanticen el acceso p\u00fablico h\u00edbrido sean una prioridad. Un gobierno m\u00e1s transparente y accesible significa una democracia m\u00e1s s\u00f3lida para todos.<\/div>\r\n
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Desde la pandemia de COVID-19, la legislatura ha permitido temporalmente que las entidades sujetas a la Ley de Reuniones Abiertas elijan realizar reuniones en persona, de forma remota o de manera h\u00edbrida, en lugar de exclusivamente en persona, y ha extendido esta regla temporal varias veces.<\/div>\r\n
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Sin embargo, las organizaciones de defensa advierten que codificar el nuevo status quo dejar\u00eda la accesibilidad a las preferencias de los tomadores de decisiones en cada organismo.<\/div>\r\n
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Las reuniones p\u00fablicas celebradas sin acceso virtual al p\u00fablico resultan en exclusi\u00f3n. Las personas con discapacidad, con transporte limitado o nulo, con responsabilidades de cuidado infantil, con desplazamientos laborales u otras barreras para la participaci\u00f3n presencial seguir\u00e1n excluidas hasta que se apruebe la legislaci\u00f3n que garantice opciones de reuniones p\u00fablicas h\u00edbridas para todos, conforme a la Ley de Reuniones Abiertas.<\/div>\r\n
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El proyecto de ley H.4831 actualizar\u00eda la Ley de Reuniones Abiertas para permitir que los ciudadanos de cada ciudad y pueblo accedan y participen en reuniones p\u00fablicas de forma remota o presencial. El Comit\u00e9 Conjunto de Administraci\u00f3n Estatal y Supervisi\u00f3n Regulatoria emiti\u00f3 un informe favorable al proyecto de ley, que se envi\u00f3 al Comit\u00e9 de Medios y Arbitrios de la C\u00e1mara de Representantes.<\/div>\r\n
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La \u00faltima versi\u00f3n del proyecto de ley se puede encontrar aqu\u00ed:\u00a0https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/194\/H4831<\/a><\/div>\r\n
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