PENNSYLVANIA, June 18 - PRINTER'S NO. 964

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

869

Session of

2025

INTRODUCED BY COLEMAN AND STEFANO, JUNE 18, 2025

REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 18, 2025

AN ACT

Amending the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), entitled

"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; in

access, further providing for open-records officer and for

retention of records; and, in judicial review, further

providing for civil penalty.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The definition of "record" in section 102 of the

act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-

Know Law, is amended to read:

Section 102. Definitions.

The following words and phrases when used in this act shall

have the meanings given to them in this section unless the

context clearly indicates otherwise:

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"Record." Information, regardless of physical form or

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