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Okla. Stat. tit. 25, § 303 (2026)

Times and places - Advance notice

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All meetings of public bodies, as defined hereinafter, shall be held at specified times and places which are convenient to the public and shall be open to the public, except as hereinafter specifically provided. All meetings of such public bodies, except for executive sessions of the State Banking Board and Oklahoma

Savings and Loan Board, shall be preceded by advance public notice specifying the time and place of each such meeting to be convened as well as the subject matter or matters to be considered at such meeting, as hereinafter provided. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 61, § 19, emerg. eff. May 4, 1987.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 15 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1978–2026 · leading case: Petition of Univ. Hospitals Auth., 953 P.2d 314 (Okla. 1998).

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Petition of Univ. Hospitals Auth., 953 P.2d 314 (Okla. 1998). · cites it 2× “¶ 14 The obligation imposed on public bodies to hold open meetings and to give notice of such meetings is set out in 25 O.S.1991 § 303 of the Open Meeting Act, which provides in relevant part as follows: All meetings of public bodies .”

State v. Patton, 837 P.2d 483 (Okla. Crim. App. 1992). · cites it 4× “CRM 91-626, charging Appellees with a violation of 25 O.S.1981, § 303, of the Open Meeting Act.”

Rogers v. Excise Bd. of Greer Cnty., 701 P.2d 754 (Okla. 1984). “Advance notice is required by 25 O.S.1981 § 303 and provides: “All meetings of public bodies, as defined hereinafter, shall be held at specified times and places which are convenient to the public and shall be open to the public, except as hereinafter specifically provided.”

Oklahoma Ass'n of Mun. Attorneys v. State, 577 P.2d 1310 (Okla. 1978). “25 O.S.Supp.1977, § 303, in pertinent part provides: “All meetings of public bodies, as defined hereinafter, shall be held at specified times and places which are convenient to the public, except as hereinafter specifically provided .”

Gerwin v. Livingston Cnty. Bd., 802 N.E.2d 410 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). “820 (Banks-Baldwin 2002) (“All meetings of all public agencies *** shall be held at specified times and places which are convenient to the public”); Okla. Stat. Ann. tit. 25, § 303 (West 2002) (“All meetings of public bodies *** shall be held at specified times and places which…”

In Re the Appeal of the Order Declaring Annexation Dated June 28, 1978, Issued by Frazier, 637 P.2d 1270 (Okla. Civ. App. 1981). “We need, go no farther than the mandatory notice and agenda requirements of 25 O.S.Supp.1977, §§ 303 and 311. Section 303 provides in pertinent part: All meetings of such public bodies shall be preceded by advance public notice specifying the time and place of each such meeting…”

Okmulgee Cnty. Rural Water Dist. No. 2 v. Beggs Pub. Works Auth., 2009 OK CIV APP 51 (Okla. Civ. App. 2009). “25 O.S. § 303. Relevant to this appeal, and as used in the OMA: "Public body" means the governing bodies of all municipalities located within this state, boards of county commissioners of the counties in this state, boards of public and higher education in this state and all…”

Int'l Ass'n of Firefighters, Local 2479 v. Thorpe, 632 P.2d 408 (Okla. 1981). “The pertinent portions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Law are as follows: 25 O.S.Supp.1977 § 303: “All meetings of public bodies, as defined hereinafter, shall be held at specified times and places which are convenient to the public and shall be open to the public.”

Question Submitted by: The Honorable Mike Osburn, Oklahoma House of Representatives, Dist. 81, 2024 OK AG 12 (Okla. Att’y Gen. 2024). “2021, § 307. Yet even when an agency convenes in executive session, the Act authorizes any member of the Legislature to attend any executive session if the legislator is on a committee with jurisdiction over the actions of that state body.”

Lafalier v. Lead-impacted Communities, 2010 OK 48 (Okla. 2010). “[80] 25 O.S.2001, § 303. [81] We are asked here to declare that under title 25, section 307(D), J.”

Intern Ass'n of Firefighters v. Thorpe, 632 P.2d 408 (Okla. 1981). “NOTES [1] The pertinent portions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Law are as follows: 25 O.S.Supp. 1977 § 303: "All meetings of public bodies, as defined hereinafter, shall be held at specified times and places which are convenient to the public and shall be open to the public.”

Banks (W.D. Okla. 2026). “” Okla. Stat. tit. 25, § 303 ; id. tit. 51, § 24A.”

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