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Boston, Massachusetts<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Com a op\u00e7\u00e3o de realizar reuni\u00f5es p\u00fablicas virtuais prestes a expirar em todo o estado em mar\u00e7o de 2027, o Comit\u00ea Conjunto de Administra\u00e7\u00e3o Estadual e Supervis\u00e3o Regulat\u00f3ria recentemente\u00a0apresentou uma conta<\/a>\u00a0(H.4831) que atualizaria a Lei de Reuni\u00f5es Abertas para exigir reuni\u00f5es h\u00edbridas, garantindo a possibilidade de participa\u00e7\u00e3o remota e presencial em reuni\u00f5es estaduais e municipais. Organiza\u00e7\u00f5es de defesa dos direitos das pessoas com defici\u00eancia, da liberdade de imprensa e da sociedade civil aplaudiram a medida hoje.<\/div>\r\n
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A ACLU de Massachusetts, o Boston Center for Independent Living, a Common Cause Massachusetts, o Disability Law Center, a League of Women Voters of Massachusetts, a Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association, a MASSPIRG, a New England First Amendment Coalition e a New England Newspaper & Press Association divulgaram a seguinte declara\u00e7\u00e3o conjunta em resposta:<\/div>\r\n
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\u201cAgradecemos ao Presidente Cabral e aos seus colegas da C\u00e2mara na comiss\u00e3o pelo seu trabalho dedicado a esta legisla\u00e7\u00e3o. Em toda a Commonwealth, o acesso h\u00edbrido a reuni\u00f5es p\u00fablicas \u2014 permitindo que as pessoas participem presencialmente ou remotamente \u2014 aumentou significativamente a participa\u00e7\u00e3o p\u00fablica no governo estadual e local e reduziu as barreiras para pessoas com defici\u00eancia, pessoas com acesso limitado ao transporte e pessoas com obriga\u00e7\u00f5es de trabalho e familiares.<\/div>\r\n
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\u201cEsta legisla\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e9 crucial porque garante o acesso h\u00edbrido, em vez de deixar a cargo de cada \u00f3rg\u00e3o a realiza\u00e7\u00e3o de reuni\u00f5es de acordo com a sua prefer\u00eancia. Quando um \u00f3rg\u00e3o p\u00fablico fecha as portas ao acesso remoto, fecha as portas a grandes grupos de cidad\u00e3os engajados.\u201d<\/div>\r\n
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\u201cAp\u00f3s a pandemia, muitos \u00f3rg\u00e3os governamentais voltaram a realizar reuni\u00f5es exclusivamente presenciais, excluindo pessoas com defici\u00eancia e outras. Esperamos que, quando o legislativo analisar esta legisla\u00e7\u00e3o, as reformas permanentes que garantam o acesso p\u00fablico em formato h\u00edbrido sejam priorizadas. Um governo mais transparente e acess\u00edvel significa uma democracia mais forte para todos.\u201d<\/div>\r\n
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Desde a pandemia de COVID-19, o legislativo permitiu temporariamente que as entidades sujeitas \u00e0 Lei de Reuni\u00f5es Abertas optassem por realizar reuni\u00f5es presencialmente, remotamente ou de forma h\u00edbrida, em vez de exclusivamente presencialmente, e prorrogou essa regra tempor\u00e1ria diversas vezes.<\/div>\r\n
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No entanto, organiza\u00e7\u00f5es de defesa de direitos alertam que a codifica\u00e7\u00e3o do novo status quo deixaria acess\u00edveis as prefer\u00eancias dos tomadores de decis\u00e3o em cada \u00f3rg\u00e3o.<\/div>\r\n
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Reuni\u00f5es p\u00fablicas realizadas sem qualquer acesso virtual para o p\u00fablico resultam em exclus\u00e3o. Pessoas com defici\u00eancia, com transporte limitado ou inexistente, com responsabilidades de cuidados infantis, em deslocamento a trabalho ou com outras barreiras \u00e0 participa\u00e7\u00e3o presencial continuar\u00e3o sendo exclu\u00eddas at\u00e9 que seja aprovada uma legisla\u00e7\u00e3o que garanta op\u00e7\u00f5es h\u00edbridas de reuni\u00f5es p\u00fablicas para todos, conforme a Lei de Reuni\u00f5es Abertas.<\/div>\r\n
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O projeto de lei H.4831 atualizaria a Lei de Reuni\u00f5es Abertas para permitir que cidad\u00e3os de todas as cidades e vilas acessem e participem de reuni\u00f5es p\u00fablicas remotamente ou compare\u00e7am presencialmente. O Comit\u00ea Conjunto de Administra\u00e7\u00e3o Estadual e Supervis\u00e3o Regulat\u00f3ria emitiu parecer favor\u00e1vel ao projeto, que foi encaminhado ao Comit\u00ea de Or\u00e7amento e Finan\u00e7as da C\u00e2mara dos Representantes.<\/div>\r\n
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A vers\u00e3o mais recente do projeto de lei pode ser encontrada aqui:\u00a0https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/194\/H4831<\/a><\/div>\r\n
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