What's happening
This bill requires agency records for open meetings to be made available upon request before the meeting, instead of at least 24 hours prior.
Why it matters
Increases transparency and public participation. by allowing the public to access meeting materials as soon as they are requested, rather than waiting for a set pre-meeting deadline, potentially enabling more informed attendance and feedback.
Reduces barriers to information. for individuals who may not have been able to obtain materials at least 24 hours before, as now records must be provided upon request at any point before the meeting.
May increase administrative pressure. on agencies to respond to requests more flexibly and quickly, as there is no longer a fixed time window for making documents available.
Website posting rules remain unchanged. , meaning agencies with online resources must still post records at least 24 hours in advance “to the extent practicable,” preserving a distinction between in-person and online access.
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Who cares
Public bodies and agency records staff
The bill would require covered meeting records to be available upon request before the meeting, removing both the practicability qualifier and the 24-hour minimum from that requirement.
Reporters and open-government advocates
The bill would give them an unqualified right to obtain covered records upon request before an open meeting, though without a specified minimum lead time.
Agencies with regularly updated websites and high-speed internet
The bill would leave unchanged their obligation to post covered records online at least 24 hours before a meeting to the extent practicable.
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Post Meeting Records Online
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Sponsors
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History
- Referred to governmental operations
- Referred to governmental operations
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
522
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to the availability of agency records prior to or at an open meeting
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision (e) of section 103 of the public officers law, as amended by chapter 481 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
(e) Agency records available to the public pursuant to article six of this chapter, as well as any proposed resolution, law, rule, regulation, policy or any amendment thereto, that is scheduled to be the subject of discussion by a public body during an open meeting shall be made available, upon request therefor, [to the extent practicable at least twenty-four hours] prior to the meeting during which the records will be discussed. Copies of such records may be made available for a reasonable fee, determined in the same manner as provided therefor in article six of this chapter. If the agency in which a public body functions maintains a regularly and routinely updated website and utilizes a high speed internet connection, such records shall be posted on the website to the extent practicable at least twenty-four hours prior to the meeting. An agency may, but shall not be required to, expend additional moneys to implement the provisions of this subdivision.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02106-01-5
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