Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 44, Part 1.

At least 48 hours prior to a regular meeting, this bill requires a state or local governing body to make available to the public, at no charge, the agenda for the upcoming regular meeting in a place accessible to the public. The agenda must reasonably describe the matters to be deliberated or acted upon during the public meeting. A state or local governing body that maintains a website may make an agenda available to the public through the website. The state or local governing body's website must be considered a place that is accessible to the public for purposes of compliance with this bill. This bill authorizes a state or local governing body to deliberate or act upon matters not listed on the agenda of its regular meeting if the body follows its bylaws or properly adopted rules and procedures and complies with all other applicable state laws. However, this bill prohibits a state or local governing body from circumventing the spirit or requirements of this bill by withholding items from an agenda for the purpose of avoiding public disclosure of business to be considered by the state or local governing body. As used in this bill, a "local governing body" means the governing body of an incorporated city or town, a metropolitan government, or a county. ON MARCH 18, 2024, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2741, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, do the following: (1) At least 48 hours prior to a regular meeting, require a state governing body or a local government legislative body to make available to the public, at no charge, the agenda for the upcoming regular meeting in a place accessible to the public. The agenda must reasonably describe the matters to be deliberated or acted upon during the public meeting; (2) Authorize a state governing body or a local government legislative body to deliberate or act upon matters not listed on the agenda of its regular meeting if the body follows its bylaws or properly adopted rules and procedures and complies with all other applicable state laws; (3) Prohibit a state governing body or a local government legislative body from circumventing the spirit or requirements of the bill by withholding items from an agenda for the purpose of avoiding public disclosure of business to be considered by the state governing body or a local government legislative body; and (4) Authorize a state governing body or a local government legislative body that maintains a website to make an agenda available to the public through the website. The website is considered a place that is accessible to the public for purposes of compliance with (1) above.