The Denver Post: Government transparency advocates say a bill aimed at loosening open-meetings restrictions for the Colorado legislature would risk making the Capitol’s inner workings too opaque to the public.

The legislation, sponsored by the House and Senate chamber leaders and set for its first committee hearing Wednesday, is intended to clear up confusion resulting from a legal dispute last year over the legislature’s practices. It would allow lawmakers to communicate informally, without publicly announcing the conversation, either one-on-one or in groups that are too small to constitute a majority of a committee or a chamber.

SB24-157 also would make clear that digital communication between legislators wouldn’t amount to a public meeting, though those messages could be obtained via public records requests.

But the bill is giving some government watchers heartburn.

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