{"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&#038;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\/fr\/press\/les-defenseurs-de-la-loi-saluent-les-progres-realises-en-matiere-de-modernisation-de-la-loi-sur-les-reunions-publiques-afin-de-garantir-des-reunions-hybrides\/","title":{"rendered":"Les d\u00e9fenseurs des droits des participants saluent les progr\u00e8s r\u00e9alis\u00e9s par le projet de loi visant \u00e0 moderniser la loi sur les r\u00e9unions publiques et \u00e0 garantir les r\u00e9unions hybrides."},"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. 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Cliquez ou appuyez si vous faites confiance \u00e0 ce lien.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Femail.commoncause.org%2Fc%2FeJxszE1yrCAQAODTwHKK_qGBBYv3FlaugQ3tmGhMqTPnzwVyga9XGYxd_KiQREAAkPyz2pwjj9mCKpIUax2oaexiEFtMya8VA0ZAKCCQGR6d1QJiI0u59KKOgx77fnxre13jcZyL3-rzvn8uR_8cTg6nvW1jWa-t3a9zPJbj7XD6v27b5XCCwg6nD84E_qz73j7Xr3b9gd5VibtlgjL3YBhGLtZVVRkKAFv0dxUSSpKVYsrAuc0k3BOBzM04dvTvir8BAAD__26ETfs&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmmajikas%40commoncause.org%7C400231b668a548b221f808de3f1a486a%7Cdb39e4b4de324cf9b66e9d02d8172178%7C0%7C0%7C639017579354266319%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Ju8H16skrYXZYbRU3ojKQ8dWA32fzLB56Phf9dbeugM%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\">a avanc\u00e9 une facture<\/a>\u00a0Le projet de loi H.4831 vise \u00e0 moderniser la loi sur les r\u00e9unions publiques afin d&#039;imposer des r\u00e9unions hybrides, garantissant ainsi la possibilit\u00e9 de participer aux r\u00e9unions \u00e9tatiques et municipales \u00e0 distance et en personne. Les organisations de d\u00e9fense des droits des personnes handicap\u00e9es, de la libert\u00e9 de la presse et les associations civiques ont salu\u00e9 cette initiative.<\/div>\r\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\r\n<div>L&#039;ACLU du Massachusetts, le Boston Center for Independent Living, Common Cause Massachusetts, le Disability Law Center, la League of Women Voters of Massachusetts, la Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association, MASSPIRG, la New England First Amendment Coalition et la New England Newspaper &amp; Press Association ont publi\u00e9 la d\u00e9claration commune suivante en r\u00e9ponse :<\/div>\r\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\r\n<div>\u00ab Nous remercions le pr\u00e9sident Cabral et ses coll\u00e8gues de la commission pour leur travail d\u00e9vou\u00e9 sur ce projet de loi. Dans tout le Commonwealth, l&#039;acc\u00e8s hybride aux r\u00e9unions publiques \u2013 permettant aux citoyens de participer en personne ou \u00e0 distance \u2013 a consid\u00e9rablement accru la participation citoyenne \u00e0 la vie politique \u00e9tatique et locale et a r\u00e9duit les obstacles pour les personnes handicap\u00e9es, celles ayant des difficult\u00e9s de transport et celles ayant des obligations professionnelles et familiales. \u00bb<\/div>\r\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\r\n<div>\u00ab Cette loi est essentielle car elle garantit un acc\u00e8s hybride au lieu de laisser \u00e0 chaque organisme le soin d&#039;organiser ses r\u00e9unions selon ses pr\u00e9f\u00e9rences. Lorsqu&#039;un organisme public refuse l&#039;acc\u00e8s \u00e0 distance, il ferme la porte \u00e0 de larges groupes de citoyens engag\u00e9s. \u00bb<\/div>\r\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\r\n<div>\u00ab\u00a0Apr\u00e8s la pand\u00e9mie, trop d\u2019organismes gouvernementaux ont r\u00e9tabli les r\u00e9unions exclusivement en pr\u00e9sentiel, privant ainsi les personnes handicap\u00e9es et d\u2019autres d\u2019acc\u00e8s. Nous esp\u00e9rons que lorsque le Parlement examinera ce projet de loi, les r\u00e9formes permanentes garantissant un acc\u00e8s public hybride seront une priorit\u00e9. Un gouvernement plus transparent et accessible est synonyme de d\u00e9mocratie plus forte pour tous.\u00a0\u00bb<\/div>\r\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\r\n<div>Depuis la pand\u00e9mie de COVID-19, le corps l\u00e9gislatif a temporairement autoris\u00e9 les entit\u00e9s soumises \u00e0 la loi sur les r\u00e9unions publiques \u00e0 choisir de tenir leurs r\u00e9unions en personne, \u00e0 distance ou de mani\u00e8re hybride, plut\u00f4t qu&#039;exclusivement en personne, et a prolong\u00e9 cette r\u00e8gle temporaire \u00e0 plusieurs reprises.<\/div>\r\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\r\n<div>Cependant, les organisations de d\u00e9fense des droits avertissent que la codification du nouveau statu quo laisserait la porte ouverte aux pr\u00e9f\u00e9rences des d\u00e9cideurs de chaque instance.<\/div>\r\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\r\n<div>Les r\u00e9unions publiques organis\u00e9es sans acc\u00e8s virtuel pour le public sont de facto exclues. Les personnes en situation de handicap, celles ayant des difficult\u00e9s de transport, des responsabilit\u00e9s familiales, des d\u00e9placements professionnels ou rencontrant d&#039;autres obstacles \u00e0 la participation en pr\u00e9sentiel resteront exclues jusqu&#039;\u00e0 l&#039;adoption d&#039;une loi garantissant des options de r\u00e9unions publiques hybrides pour tous, conform\u00e9ment \u00e0 la loi sur la transparence des r\u00e9unions publiques.<\/div>\r\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\r\n<div>Le projet de loi H.4831 vise \u00e0 moderniser la loi sur les r\u00e9unions publiques afin de permettre aux citoyens de chaque ville et commune d&#039;y acc\u00e9der et d&#039;y participer \u00e0 distance, ou d&#039;y assister en personne. La commission mixte de l&#039;administration d&#039;\u00c9tat et du contr\u00f4le r\u00e9glementaire a \u00e9mis un avis favorable sur ce projet de loi, qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 transmis \u00e0 la commission des finances de la Chambre des repr\u00e9sentants.<\/div>\r\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\r\n<div>La version la plus r\u00e9cente du projet de loi est disponible ici\u00a0:\u00a0<a title=\"URL d&#039;origine : http:\/\/email.commoncause.org\/c\/eJxszE1yrCAQAODTwHKK_qGBBYv3FlaugQ3tmGhMqTPnzwVyga9XGYxd_KiQREAAkPyz2pwjj9mCKpIUax2oaexiEFtMya8VA0ZAKCCQGR6d1QJiI0u59KKOgx77fnxre13jcZyL3-rzvn8uR_8cTg6nvW1jWa-t3a9zPJbj7XD6v27b5XCCwg6nD84E_qz73j7Xr3b9gd5VibtlgjL3YBhGLtZVVRkKAFv0dxUSSpKVYsrAuc0k3BOBzM04dvTvir8BAAD__26ETfs. Cliquez ou appuyez si vous faites confiance \u00e0 ce lien.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Femail.commoncause.org%2Fc%2FeJxszE1yrCAQAODTwHKK_qGBBYv3FlaugQ3tmGhMqTPnzwVyga9XGYxd_KiQREAAkPyz2pwjj9mCKpIUax2oaexiEFtMya8VA0ZAKCCQGR6d1QJiI0u59KKOgx77fnxre13jcZyL3-rzvn8uR_8cTg6nvW1jWa-t3a9zPJbj7XD6v27b5XCCwg6nD84E_qz73j7Xr3b9gd5VibtlgjL3YBhGLtZVVRkKAFv0dxUSSpKVYsrAuc0k3BOBzM04dvTvir8BAAD__26ETfs&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmmajikas%40commoncause.org%7C400231b668a548b221f808de3f1a486a%7Cdb39e4b4de324cf9b66e9d02d8172178%7C0%7C0%7C639017579354288928%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=di2o77m4%2BbbtR%2BDO8Cej0UwPGHHxF5xaJ7EmaJkCdeQ%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\">https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/194\/H4831<\/a><\/div>\r\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/div>\r\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/p>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Advocates applaud advance of bill to modernize Open Meeting Law, Guarantee Hybrid Meetings - Common Cause Massachusetts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This legislation is critical because it guarantees hybrid access instead of leaving it up to each body to conduct meetings according to its preference. 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