Senate Bill S3889

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the publication of information on public meetings

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Internet And Technology 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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2025-S3889 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A569
Current Committee:
Senate Internet And Technology
Law Section:
State Technology Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §103, St Tech L; amd §104, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A10645
2023-2024: A1236

2025-S3889 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the publication of information on public meetings; requires the office of information technology services to develop a mobile application and website to publish information on every public meeting held by a state or local public body; requires public bodies to report such meetings to the office of information technology services.

2025-S3889 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3889 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3889
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GONZALEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Internet and Technology
 
 AN ACT to amend the state technology law and the public officers law, in
   relation to the publication of information on public meetings
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Section  103  of the state technology law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 26 to read as follows:
   26. TO DEVELOP A MOBILE APPLICATION AND CORRESPONDING INTERNET WEBSITE
 TO PUBLISH INFORMATION ON EVERY PUBLIC MEETING HELD BY A STATE OR  LOCAL
 PUBLIC  BODY UNDER ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW. SUCH INFOR-
 MATION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A) THE DATE OF THE PUBLIC MEETING;
   (B) THE TIME OF THE PUBLIC MEETING;
   (C) THE LOCATION OF THE PUBLIC MEETING INCLUDING LINKS  FOR  VIDEOCON-
 FERENCING; AND
   (D) SUMMARIES OF THE PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC MEETING.
   § 2. Section 104 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. PUBLIC NOTICE OF A MEETING HELD BY A STATE OR LOCAL PUBLIC BODY, AS
 DEFINED  BY  THIS  ARTICLE,  SHALL  BE ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED TO THE
 OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, WITHIN THE TIMEFRAMES  ESTAB-
 LISHED  IN  SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO OF THIS SECTION, FOR PUBLICATION ON
 THE MOBILE APPLICATION  AND  CORRESPONDING  INTERNET  WEBSITE  DEVELOPED
 PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION TWENTY-SIX OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED THREE OF THE
 STATE TECHNOLOGY LAW.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00539-01-5

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