NY State Senate Bill 2011-S7487

Senate Bill S7487

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires that committee and floor votes be made available online and that session and committee meetings be webcast

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2011-S7487 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Legislative Law
Laws Affected:: Add §54-c, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S3046
2015-2016: S1909
2017-2018: S1748

2011-S7487 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that committee and floor votes be made available online and that session and committee meetings be webcast.

2011-S7487 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S7487

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the legislative law, in relation to requiring that committee
and floor votes be made available online and that session and committee
meetings be webcast

PURPOSE:
This legislation requires that committee and floor votes are
made public online and that session and committee meeting are webcast.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Adds a new section to 54-c of the Legislative law which
requires all committee and floor votes by the Senate and Assembly be
listed online within 24 hours of the vote on each houses perspective
website. This listing will include the bill number, date of vote, the
summary of legislation from the legislative retrieval system, whether
such vote was on the floor or in a committee and each member's vote
listed as aye or nay. It is requires that every committee meeting of
the Legislature and every session shall be webcast through the
official website of each respective house.

Section 2: This legislation will take effect on the 120th day after
it shall have become law.

JUSTIFICATION:
This legislation seeks to allow access to the
proceedings and voting records of committee and session activities
conducted by both houses of the State Legislature.

Currently, many of the activities discussed in this legislation are
shared through webcasts.
However, it is important all the actions of the State Legislature are
provided in a location that is easily accessible to those represented
by State Legislative Officials.

The availability of this information will allow the interested public
to follow day to day activities of the State Legislature as well as
their elected representatives actions in Albany.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Minimal.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred
twentieth day after it shall have become law.

2011-S7487 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7487

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 25, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Investigations  and
  Government Operations

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  legislative  law, in relation to requiring that
  committee and floor votes be made available online  and  that  session
  and committee meetings be webcast

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 54-c
to read as follows:
  S 54-C. COMMITTEE AND FLOOR VOTES AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS TO BE  POSTED
ONLINE.  1.  ALL  VOTES  TAKEN ON THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE OR ASSEMBLY OR
VOTES TAKEN IN ANY COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATURE SHALL BE LISTED  ON  THE
OFFICIAL  WEBSITE  OF  THE RESPECTIVE HOUSES WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF
THE VOTE. SUCH LISTING SHALL INCLUDE THE BILL NUMBER, DATE OF VOTE,  THE
SUMMARY OF THE LEGISLATION FROM THE LEGISLATIVE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, WHETH-
ER  SUCH  VOTE WAS ON THE FLOOR OR IN A COMMITTEE AND EACH MEMBER'S VOTE
LISTED AS AYE OR NAY.
  2. EVERY COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE LEGISLATURE AND EVERY SESSION  SHALL
BE WEBCAST THROUGH THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF EACH RESPECTIVE HOUSE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD16000-02-2

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