The Virtual Open Meetings Authority Extension Temporary Amendment Act of 2025 amends the Open Meetings Act to ensure that meetings are considered open to the public if the public body takes reasonable steps to allow public access to view or hear the meeting in real-time. If it is not technologically feasible to provide access during the meeting, the public body must make the meeting available as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter. This amendment adds a new provision to Section 405(a) and modifies existing language to clarify the requirements for public access.

Additionally, the bill revises Section 407(a)(1) to specify that public attendance at meetings is contingent upon the public body taking reasonable steps to facilitate public viewing or hearing of the meeting. The act is set to take effect upon approval by the Mayor and will expire 225 days after its enactment, following a 30-day congressional review period.