Senate Bill S8671A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring agencies to report information about FOIL inquiries to the committee on open government

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S8671 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9621
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Ren §90 to be §90-a, add §90, Pub Off L

2023-S8671 - Summary

Requires all agencies to submit to the committee on open government a log of all freedom of information law requests for each year in which they received or have pending a request for records; requires the committee on open government to publish, on one webpage, all freedom of information law request logs it receives.

2023-S8671 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8671 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8671
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 28, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Investigations  and
   Government Operations
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring agen-
   cies to report information about FOIL inquiries to  the  committee  on
   open government

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 90 of the public officers law is renumbered section
 90-a and a new section 90 is added to read as follows:
   § 90. FOIL REQUEST REPORTING.  1. ALL AGENCIES SUBJECT TO THIS ARTICLE
 SHALL, FOR EACH YEAR IN WHICH THEY RECEIVED OR HAVE  PENDING  A  REQUEST
 FOR  RECORDS UNDER THIS ARTICLE, SUBMIT TO THE COMMITTEE ON OPEN GOVERN-
 MENT THEIR LOG OF ALL SUCH FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW REQUESTS. FOR  THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, PENDING SHALL MEAN REQUESTS THAT REMAINED OPEN
 DURING THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD, INCLUDING THOSE FIRST SUBMITTED IN PRIOR
 YEARS. THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW REQUEST LOGS SHALL:
   (A) COVER A TWELVE-MONTH RANGE OF DATES AS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMITTEE
 ON  OPEN  GOVERNMENT  AND  SHALL  INCLUDE  DATA  REGARDING  ALL REQUESTS
 RECEIVED OR PENDING DURING THAT RANGE OF DATES;
   (B) BE SUBMITTED ON A SCHEDULE PRESCRIBED BY  THE  COMMITTEE  ON  OPEN
 GOVERNMENT;
   (C) BE IN A MACHINE-READABLE, TABULAR SPREADSHEET FORMAT PRESCRIBED BY
 THE COMMITTEE ON OPEN GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ORDER
 OF THE DATA FIELDS INCLUDED;
   (D)  BE  SUBMITTED  IN A METHOD AS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMITTEE ON OPEN
 GOVERNMENT, SUCH AS BY ELECTRONIC MAIL, WEB FORM, WEB PORTAL,  OR  OTHER
 METHOD AS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMITTEE;
   (E)  INCLUDE  DATA  PRESCRIBED  AND  DEFINED  BY THE COMMITTEE ON OPEN
 GOVERNMENT, BUT AT THE MINIMUM INCLUDING:
   (I) THE NAME OF THE REQUESTOR;
   (II) THE AFFILIATION OF THE EMPLOYER OF THE REQUESTOR WITH THE AGENCY,
 IF APPLICABLE;
   (III) THE DATE OF RECEIPT OF THE REQUEST;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2023-S8671A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9621
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Ren §90 to be §90-a, add §90, Pub Off L

2023-S8671A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all agencies to submit to the committee on open government a log of all freedom of information law requests for each year in which they received or have pending a request for records; requires the committee on open government to publish, on one webpage, all freedom of information law request logs it receives.

2023-S8671A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8671A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8671--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 28, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, BRISPORT, FERNANDEZ -- read twice and
   ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
   Investigations and Government Operations -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring agen-
   cies to report information about FOIL inquiries to  the  committee  on
   open government
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 90 of the public officers law is renumbered section
 90-a and a new section 90 is added to read as follows:
   § 90. FOIL REQUEST REPORTING.  1. ALL AGENCIES  THAT  PERFORM  GOVERN-
 MENTAL  OR  PROPRIETARY  FUNCTIONS FOR THE STATE SUBJECT TO THIS ARTICLE
 SHALL, FOR EACH YEAR IN WHICH THEY RECEIVED OR HAVE  PENDING  A  REQUEST
 FOR  RECORDS UNDER THIS ARTICLE, SUBMIT TO THE COMMITTEE ON OPEN GOVERN-
 MENT THEIR LOG OF ALL SUCH FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW REQUESTS. FOR  THE
 PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, PENDING SHALL MEAN REQUESTS THAT WERE OPEN AT
 ANY POINT DURING THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD, INCLUDING THOSE FIRST  SUBMIT-
 TED IN PRIOR YEARS. THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW REQUEST LOGS SHALL:
   (A) COVER A TWELVE-MONTH RANGE OF DATES AS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMITTEE
 ON  OPEN  GOVERNMENT  AND  SHALL  INCLUDE  DATA  REGARDING  ALL REQUESTS
 RECEIVED OR PENDING DURING THAT RANGE OF DATES;
   (B) BE SUBMITTED ON A SCHEDULE PRESCRIBED BY  THE  COMMITTEE  ON  OPEN
 GOVERNMENT;
   (C) BE IN A MACHINE-READABLE, TABULAR SPREADSHEET FORMAT PRESCRIBED BY
 THE COMMITTEE ON OPEN GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ORDER
 OF THE DATA FIELDS INCLUDED;
   (D)  BE  SUBMITTED  IN A METHOD AS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMITTEE ON OPEN
 GOVERNMENT, SUCH AS BY ELECTRONIC MAIL, WEB FORM, WEB PORTAL,  OR  OTHER
 METHOD AS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMITTEE;
   (E)  INCLUDE  DATA  PRESCRIBED  AND  DEFINED  BY THE COMMITTEE ON OPEN
 GOVERNMENT, BUT AT THE MINIMUM INCLUDING:
   (I) THE NAME OF THE REQUESTOR;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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