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Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Aug 18, 2021 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S7332
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 48th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2021-S7332 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Investigations And Government Operations
- Law Section:
- Legislative Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §60, Leg L; amd §103, Pub Off L
- Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
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2021-S7332 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7332 SPONSOR: MAY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the legislative law and the public officers law, in relation to witness testimony before legislative committees via video- conferencing PURPOSE: This bill will expand citizen participation in legislative hearings from all across the state by allowing committees to accommodate requests to deliver virtual testimony. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1: amends Section 60 of the Legislative Law to allow for reason- able accommodations to be granted to enable witnesses to testify via videoconference. Such reasonable accommodations must be approved by the committee and can be granted due to disability, cost of travel, extreme
2021-S7332 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7332 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E August 18, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the legislative law and the public officers law, in relation to witness testimony before legislative committees via video- conferencing THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 60 of the legislative law, as amended by chapter 416 of the laws of 1954, is amended to read as follows: § 60. Testimony before legislative committees. 1. A legislative committee may require the attendance of witnesses in this state whom the committee may wish to examine, or may issue a commission for the exam- ination of witnesses who are out of the state or unable to attend the committee or excused from attendance, which commission if directed by the house or legislature by which the committee is appointed may be executed during the recess of the legislature. A commission issued as provided by this section shall be in the form used in the courts of record of this state and shall be executed in like manner. Unless other- wise instructed by the committee appointing them the commissioners shall examine privately every witness attending before them and shall not make public the particulars of such examination. No committee of either house or a joint committee of both houses shall have the power to take testi- mony at a private hearing or at a public hearing unless at least two of its members are present at such hearing. 2. UPON A REQUEST FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION BY A WITNESS, A LEGIS- LATIVE COMMITTEE MAY GRANT SUCH WITNESS PERMISSION TO TESTIFY BEFORE SUCH LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE VIA VIDEOCONFERENCING. SUCH REQUEST FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION SHALL NOT BE APPROVED UNLESS SUCH WITNESS HAS DEMONSTRATED, TO THE SATISFACTION OF SUCH LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, AN INABILITY TO TESTIFY IN-PERSON DUE TO DISABILITY, COST OF TRAVEL, SEVERE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13002-01-1
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