House Appropriations Committee moves to seek executive session for security briefing

An unidentified committee member of the House Appropriations Committee moved Thursday that the panel enter executive session to hear a security briefing, saying the information to be discussed could pose a risk to state property, security and people if disclosed.

The motion came during the committee’s 2 p.m. opening. The unidentified committee member said, "We are about to have a security briefing, and so we are going to go into executive session," and then read the motion: "I move that the committee enter executive session in order to discuss sensitive information that, if disclosed, would pose a risk to state property or security, or us, in this case, or other people." The speaker also said the committee would go off live before the session.

The mover asked for a second, addressing two individuals by name, and noted the voting requirement for executive session: "2 thirds of the members present and voting need to vote yes." The transcript records the call for those in favor but does not include the spoken second, the vote tally, or any recorded outcome.

Executive sessions are permitted for limited topics such as security where disclosure could cause harm; the committee cited that risk as the reason for closing the meeting. The transcript provides the motion text and procedural statements but does not show any formal vote result or further discussion.

A vote was called on the motion to enter executive session; the result and any subsequent actions are not recorded in the provided transcript.