senate Bill S1434

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires the board of regents to provide a live webcast of their meetings

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2018 referred to education
Jun 21, 2017 committed to rules
May 15, 2017 advanced to third reading
May 10, 2017 2nd report cal.
May 09, 2017 1st report cal.825
Jan 09, 2017 referred to education

Votes

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May 9, 2017 - Education committee Vote

S1434
17
0
committee
17
Aye
0
Nay
2
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Education Committee Vote: May 9, 2017

aye (17)
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S1434 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A225
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §204-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6856, A9547
2015-2016: S1796, A1024
2019-2020: A3512
2021-2022: A66
2023-2024: A731

S1434 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that each meeting of the Board of Regents be streamed live and be made available to the public.

S1434 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1434 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1434

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 9, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  RITCHIE, BONACIC, HANNON, MARCHIONE, RANZENHOFER,
  SERINO, SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed  to
  be committed to the Committee on Education

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to providing a live
  webcast for meetings of the board of regents

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 204-a
to read as follows:
  § 204-A. WEBCASTING MEETINGS. 1.  THE ENTIRETY OF EACH MEETING OF  THE
REGENTS SHALL BE LIVE WEBCAST AND BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON THE
DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE PRIOR TO THE START OF EACH MEETING, AND ARCHIVED ON
THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE, FOR A PERIOD OF NO LESS THAN TWO YEARS, WITHIN
TWENTY-FOUR  HOURS  OF THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE LAST MEETING.  THE DEPART-
MENT SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC, VIA THE  DEPARTMENT'S  WEBSITE,
OF  THE  AVAILABILITY OF THE LIVE WEBCAST OF SUCH MEETING.  THE REQUIRE-
MENT TO LIVE WEBCAST THE ENTIRETY OF  EACH  MEETING  SHALL  NOT  INCLUDE
EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
  2.  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THE TERM "MEETING" SHALL INCLUDE
ANY COMMITTEE, SUBCOMMITTEE, AND TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE,  TASK  FORCE
OR SUBGROUP OF THE REGENTS.
  §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02790-01-7

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