Open Meetings

(a)Every meeting of a public agency shall be open and public, and any person shall be permitted to attend any public agency meeting, except as otherwise provided in this Chapter. A member of the public shall not be required, as a condition to attendance at a meeting of a public agency, to register his name and other information, to complete a questionnaire or otherwise to fulfill any condition precedent to his attendance.

(b)This Chapter does not require that a person who is admitted to a meeting of a public agency shall, because of his mere presence, be accorded an opportunity to participate in such a meeting. Each public agency retains the right to reserve areas for the public, and to exclude the public from any area necessary for the orderly conduct of its business.

(c)Except for executive sessions and other meetings expressly authorized by public law to be closed, no board, commission or public officer of the government of Guam may prevent or deny the recording (audio and/or video) of any public meeting.

(d)Except for executive sessions and other meetings expressly authorized by law to be closed, regular and special meetings of a public agency shall be broadcast via video live streaming applications as announced in the notice of meeting and on the agency’s website.

(e)All audio and/or video files, if applicable, of board and commission meetings or a link to said files shall be posted on the respective agency’s website. A link to the Office of Public Accountability’s website shall also be available on each agency’s website. The Office of Public Accountability shall post the audio and/or video files of all board and commission meetings or a link to said files on the OPA’s website.