State Reps. Mindy Fee, R-Lancaster, and Tina M. Davis, D-Bucks, say they plan to propose an amendment to Pennsylvania’s Sunshine Act to exempt agency discussions of security and emergency preparedness from open meeting requirements.

The Pennsylvania Sunshine Act requires agencies to “deliberate and take official action on agency business in an open and public meeting,” according to the Office of Open Records. Meetings require prior notice and the public can attend, participate and comment before an agency takes official action. According to the office, any state or local government and its subunits that perform an “essential government function and have authority to take official action” are subject to the act.

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