THREAD: Senate Bill 841 was amended in the Senate Rules Committee yesterday to, among other things, address some issues related to agency meetings during the COVID-19 emergency. I support this. Let& #39;s take a look. https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/billinfo.cfm?syear=2019&sind=0&body=S&type=B&bn=841">https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/bi...

The section on local government meetings (Subchapter E) starts on page 56, line 26. It is clearly limited to the COVID-19 emergency, so these provisions are temporary, not permanent.

Paragraph (a) explicitly authorizes agencies (I& #39;ll use "agencies" generically throughout this thread to mean all of the listed entities) to hold remote meetings during the emergency. I believe this is already allowed, but clarity is always a good thing.

Paragraph (b) makes it clear that a physical quorum (i.e., a quorum all in the same room) is not needed. There MUST be a quorum participating remotely.