Pa House State Government Committee passed HB 61 as amended Monday afternoon.

View text of HB61PN78

Description of the Bill:

An act providing for access to public information, for a designated open-records officer in each Commonwealth agency, local agency, judicial agency and legislative agency, for procedure, for appeal of agency determination, for judicial review and for the Office of Open Records; imposing penalties; providing for reporting by State-related institutions; requiring the posting of certain State contract information on the Internet; and making related repeals," in preliminary provisions, further providing for definitions; and repealing provisions relating to State-related institutions.

Video 1 Rep. Brian Sims

Video 2 Rep. Mark Cohen

Video 3 The vote