Senate Bill S455

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Lowers quorum requirements for meetings of community boards held by videoconferencing

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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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2025-S455 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3342
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §103-a, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S9221
2023-2024: S1647, A10276

2025-S455 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a quorum of one quarter of the members and the presiding officer of a community board physically be present at a location where the public can attend for such board to conduct videoconferencing.

2025-S455 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S455 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    455
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 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 lowering quorum
   requirements for meetings of community boards held by  videoconferenc-
   ing
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 103-a  of
 the  public officers law, as added by section 2 of part WW of chapter 56
 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   A public body may, in its discretion, use videoconferencing to conduct
 its meetings pursuant to the requirements of this article provided  that
 a  minimum  number  of  members are present to fulfill the public body's
 quorum requirement in the same physical location or locations where  the
 public  can  attend,  EXCEPT  THAT  IN THE CASE OF AN ADVISORY BODY, ONE
 QUARTER OF THE MEMBERS AND THE RELEVANT PRESIDING OFFICER MUST BE  PRES-
 ENT  IN  SUCH PHYSICAL LOCATION OR LOCATIONS, and the following criteria
 are met:
   § 2.  Section 103-a of the public officers law is amended by adding  a
 new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION, AN "ADVISORY BODY" SHALL BE
 DEFINED AS AN ENTITY THAT IS INVOLVED  IN  AN  ADVISORY  CAPACITY  ONLY;
 INCLUDING  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO ENGAGEMENT IN POLICY DEVELOPMENT, PROGRAM
 PLANNING, AND PROGRAM EVALUATION, AND THAT MAY OR MAY NOT VOTE TO DETER-
 MINE A FINAL POLICY OR PROGRAMMATIC OUTCOME, INCLUDING BUT  NOT  LIMITED
 TO A COMMUNITY BOARD IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the amendments to section 103-a of  the  public  officers  law  made  by
 sections  one  and  two  of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
 section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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