AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and Sen. Kirk Watson touted a bill introduced Thursday that would allow elected bodies to hold open meetings online.

Abbott, who is responsible for enforcing open meeting laws, said the bill would catch the Open Meetings Act up with modern technology. Watson, a former Austin mayor, said allowing elected officials to use an Internet chat room to publicly hammer out new measures will speed up decision-making.

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