No shit. They want to make it so they can do things off the record and not get in trouble for it. I say investigate and FOIA all of them right now because its clear that they are doing exactly this. They only try to make new rule/law changes after they are made aware that what they have been doing is not legal.. So they try to make it legal then claim ignorance. Archive: https://archive.today/ifKkA From the post: "Colorado’s opening meeting law was designed to ensure public business is conducted in public. But state lawmakers are considering a bill government watchdog groups say would change that. “It's a pretty significant change to the law that was passed by the voters of Colorado in 1972,” said Jeffrey Roberts, executive director of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition, which advocates for transparency in government. He said the Senate Bill 24-157 would allow lawmakers to exempt themselves from the state’s open meetings law and allow them to have unlimited conversations by email, text, or apps."