COLUMBIA (AP) — The South Carolina House has given key approval to a bill that would require city and county councils and other public bodies to publish an agenda of what they plan to discuss and vote on at least 24 hours before their meetings.
The bill would set in law a common practice in the state. The need for a law emerged when the state Supreme Court ruled in 2014 that South Carolina's current Freedom of Information Act did not require an agenda for public meetings.
The proposal would also require a two-thirds vote to change an agenda for an emergency once the meeting began.
The House approved the bill Tuesday. A similar bill passed the Senate last month.
