The Senate State and Local Government Committee amended House Bill 1374 to simplify and clarify the legal conditions under which a board of township supervisors may conduct an on‑site inspection as an exempt public meeting, then voted 6‑0 to give the bill a due‑pass recommendation to the full Senate.

The committee replaced a multi‑part test (originally listed as ABCD in the draft) with a two‑part condition (A or B). The adopted language, as read into the record by the chair, states in part: "A gathering of the members of a board of township supervisors to conduct an on‑site inspection under this title is an exempt meeting as defined under section 40‑44‑170.1 if subsection a, the township does not have staff available that is capable of making inspection or subsection b, the board of township supervisors is serving as the township officers and the staff of the township." The bill also retains a separate provision requiring the board to "make good faith efforts to provide notice of the inspection to each news medium that has filed a written request for notice if the request includes the news medium's telephone number. The notice must be given by telephone or by any other method used to notify the members of the public body."

After committee staff confirmed an LC (Legislative Council) amendment was being drafted to reflect the changes, committee members moved and seconded the amendments and then a motion to give the bill a due‑pass recommendation. Roll call recorded the following yeas: Chair Roars, Vice Chair Castaneda, Senator Barta, Senator Brownberger, Senator Lee and Senator Wallin. The clerk announced a 6‑0 vote in favor of a due‑pass recommendation.

The committee named Vice Chair Castaneda as the floor sponsor to carry the bill. Committee leaders said the revised language should be finalized in an LC amendment before the bill goes to the Senate floor.