HB 2146 — An Act amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in open meetings, further providing for notification of agency business required and exceptions.

PRINTER'S NO.    2786

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 2146
                                                Session of
                                                  2026

     INTRODUCED BY FREEMAN, B. MILLER, HILL-EVANS, SHUSTERMAN,
        VITALI, SANCHEZ, GREINER, RIVERA, PIELLI, WALSH, WATRO,
        SAPPEY, HARKINS, ROAE, KRUPA, NEILSON, WAXMAN, OTTEN, SCOTT,
        McNEILL, KAZEEM, DONAHUE, SOLOMON, INGLIS, BOROWSKI, JAMES,
        STENDER, ZIMMERMAN AND MADDEN, JANUARY 15, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 22, 2026


                                     AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania
 2      Consolidated Statutes, in open meetings, further providing
 3      for notification of agency business required and exceptions.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.     Section 712.1(a), (c) and (e)(1) of Title 65 of
 7   the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
 8   § 712.1.    Notification of agency business required and
 9                 exceptions.
10      (a)     Official action.--Except as provided in subsection (b),
11   [(c), (d) or (e)] (c) or (d), an agency may not take official
12   action on a matter of agency business at a meeting if the matter
13   was not included in the notification required under section
14   709(c.1) (relating to public notice).
15      * * *
16      (c)     Business arising within 24 hours before meeting.--An
17   agency may take official action on a matter of agency business
 1   that is not listed on a meeting agenda if the matter:
 2            (1)   [the matter] arises or is brought to the attention
 3      of the agency within the 24-hour period prior to the meeting;
 4      and
 5            (2)   [the matter] is de minimis in nature and does not
 6      involve the expenditure of funds or entering into a contract
 7      or agreement [by the agency].
 8      * * *
 9      (e)   Changes to agenda.--
10            (1)   Upon majority vote of the individuals present and
11      voting during the conduct of a meeting, an agency may add a
12      matter of agency business arising under subsection (b), (c)
13      or (d) to the agenda. The reasons for the changes to the
14      agenda shall be announced at the meeting before any vote is
15      conducted to make the changes to the agenda. The agency may
16      subsequently take official action on the matter added to the
17      agenda. The agency shall post the amended agenda on the
18      agency's publicly accessible Internet website, if available,
19      and at the agency's principal office location no later than
20      the first business day following the meeting at which the
21      agenda was changed.
22            * * *
23      Section 2.    This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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