Senate Bill S6023

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the division for small-business to publish a small business compliance guide

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business 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-S6023 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Law Section:
State Administrative Procedure Act
Laws Affected:
Amd §202-e, St Ad Proc Act; add §138-a, Ec Dev L

2025-S6023 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the division for small-business to publish a small business compliance guide and post such guide to the division for small-business's website.

2025-S6023 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6023 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6023
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BASKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic  Devel-
   opment and Small Business
 
 AN  ACT to amend the state administrative procedure act and the economic
   development law, in relation to requiring the division for small-busi-
   ness to publish a small business compliance guide
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 202-e of the state adminis-
 trative  procedure  act,  subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 253 of the
 laws of 2005 and subdivision 2 as added by chapter 730 of  the  laws  of
 2004, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  Not  less  than  once  each year, every agency shall submit to the
 secretary of state for publication in the state register a list  of  all
 guidance  documents  on  which  the agency currently relies, and provide
 information on where and how regulated parties and members of the public
 may inspect and obtain copies of any such document;  provided,  however,
 that  the  department of environmental conservation shall be exempt from
 the requirements of this subdivision.  GUIDANCE PUBLISHED  ACCORDING  TO
 SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT-A OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LAW SHALL
 BE  PUBLISHED  IN  THE  STATE REGISTER. Unless otherwise provided for by
 law, an agency may make such documents  available  as  provided  in  the
 freedom of information law, and may charge fees pursuant to such law for
 copies of any such document.
   2.  The  secretary  of state may exempt an agency from compliance with
 the requirements of subdivision one of this section upon a determination
 that the agency has published on its website the full text of all  guid-
 ance  documents  on  which it currently relies EXCEPT FOR GUIDANCE DOCU-
 MENTS PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT-A  OF  THE
 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LAW.  The secretary of state shall publish a notice
 of such determination identifying the website in the state register.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09519-01-5

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