NY State Senate Bill 2019-S1630B

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 28, 2020	committed to rules
Jan 27, 2020	advanced to third reading
Jan 23, 2020	2nd report cal.
Jan 22, 2020	1st report cal.242
Jan 14, 2020	reported and committed to finance
Jan 08, 2020	referred to investigations and government operations returned to senate died in assembly
Apr 10, 2019	referred to governmental operations delivered to assembly passed senate
Mar 31, 2019	amended on third reading 1630b
Mar 14, 2019	advanced to third reading
Mar 13, 2019	2nd report cal.
Mar 12, 2019	1st report cal.269
Mar 06, 2019	print number 1630a
Mar 06, 2019	amend and recommit to investigations and government operations
Jan 15, 2019	referred to investigations and government operations

Votes

- Apr 10, 2019 - Floor Vote
  S1630B
  
  Aye
  
  47
  
  Nay
  
  12
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  3
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Floor Vote: Apr 10, 2019
      
      aye (47)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Salazar
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Thomas
      
      nay (12)
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Antonacci
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Helming
      
      Jordan
      
      Lanza
      
      Ortt
      
      Ritchie
      
      Serino
      
      Tedisco
      
      excused (3)
      
      Gallivan
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Seward
  Jan 14, 2020 - Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote
  S1630B
  
  Aye
  
  5
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  1
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote: Jan 14, 2020
      
      aye (5)
      
      Biaggi
      
      Carlucci
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Skoufis
      
      nay (1)
      
      Lanza
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Jacobs
  Mar 12, 2019 - Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote
  S1630B
  
  Aye
  
  7
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote: Mar 12, 2019
      
      aye (7)
      
      Biaggi
      
      Carlucci
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Lanza
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Skoufis
  Jan 22, 2020 - Finance Committee Vote
  S1630B
  
  Aye
  
  19
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  3
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Finance Committee Vote: Jan 22, 2020
      
      aye (19)
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Montgomery
      
      Parker
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Rivera
      
      Savino
      
      Seward
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Thomas
      
      nay (1)
      
      Lanza
      
      aye wr (3)
      
      Gallivan
      
      Ritchie
      
      Robach

Bill Amendments

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2019-S1630 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A121
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §84, ren §90 to be §90-a, add §90, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S7109, A10314
2011-2012: S393, A5867
2013-2014: S3438, A107
2015-2016: S2675, A5761
2017-2018: S4586, A4356, A9738
2021-2022: S1821, A8357
2023-2024: S3371, A2787
2025-2026: S334, A549

2019-S1630 - Summary

Relates to publishing records of public interest by agencies and the legislature on their websites.

2019-S1630 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1630 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1630
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public  officers  law,  in  relation  to  publishing
   records of public interest by agencies and the state legislature

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 84 of the public officers law, as added by  chapter
 933 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
   § 84. Legislative  declaration.  The  legislature  hereby finds that a
 free society is maintained when government is responsive and responsible
 to the public, and when the public is aware of governmental actions. The
 more open a government is with its citizenry,  the  greater  the  under-
 standing and participation of the public in government.
   As  state  and  local government services increase and public problems
 become more sophisticated and complex and therefore harder to solve, and
 with the resultant increase in revenues and expenditures, it  is  incum-
 bent  upon  the state and its localities to extend public accountability
 wherever and whenever feasible.
   The people's right to know the process of governmental decision-making
 and to review the documents and statistics leading to determinations  is
 basic  to our society. Access to such information should not be thwarted
 by shrouding it with the cloak of secrecy or confidentiality.
   SINCE THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW WAS FIRST  ADOPTED,  ADVANCES  IN
 TECHNOLOGY  HAVE  ENHANCED  THE  ABILITY  TO  GAIN  ACCESS TO AND WIDELY
 DISSEMINATE PUBLIC INFORMATION.  ACCORDINGLY, THE LEGISLATURE FINDS THAT
 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, SHOULD  PUBLISH  RECORDS
 PROACTIVELY  ON  THE  INTERNET THAT ARE OF PUBLIC INTEREST AND AVAILABLE
 UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   The legislature therefore declares that  government  is  the  public's
 business  and that the public, individually and collectively and repres-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD00936-01-9

 S. 1630                             2
 
 ented by a free press, should have access to the records  of  government
 in accordance with the provisions of this article.
   §  2. Section 90 of the public officers law is renumbered section 90-a
 and a new section 90 is added to read as follows:
   § 90. RECORDS OF PUBLIC INTEREST. 1. EACH  AGENCY  AND  HOUSE  OF  THE
 STATE  LEGISLATURE SHALL PUBLISH, ON ITS INTERNET WEBSITE, TO THE EXTENT
 PRACTICABLE, RECORDS OR PORTIONS OF RECORDS THAT ARE  AVAILABLE  TO  THE
 PUBLIC PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, AND WHICH, IN CONSID-
 ERATION  OF  THEIR  NATURE, CONTENT OR SUBJECT MATTER, ARE DETERMINED BY
 THE AGENCY TO BE OF SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC. ANY SUCH RECORDS
 MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE INTERNET WEBSITE WHEN THE AGENCY OR HOUSE OF THE
 STATE LEGISLATURE DETERMINES THAT THEY  ARE  NO  LONGER  OF  SUBSTANTIAL
 INTEREST  TO THE PUBLIC. ANY SUCH RECORDS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE INTER-
 NET WEBSITE WHEN THEY HAVE REACHED THE  END  OF  THEIR  LEGAL  RETENTION
 PERIOD.  GUIDANCE ON CREATING RECORDS IN ACCESSIBLE FORMATS AND ENSURING
 THEIR CONTINUING ACCESSIBILITY SHALL BE AVAILABLE FROM  THE  OFFICE  FOR
 TECHNOLOGY AND THE STATE ARCHIVES.
   2.  THE  PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY
 TO RECORDS OR PORTIONS OF RECORDS THE DISCLOSURE OF WHICH WOULD  CONSTI-
 TUTE  AN  UNWARRANTED  INVASION  OF  PERSONAL PRIVACY IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION EIGHTY-NINE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   3. THE COMMITTEE ON OPEN GOVERNMENT SHALL  PROMULGATE  REGULATIONS  TO
 EFFECTUATE THIS SECTION.
   4.  NOTHING  IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS TO LIMIT OR ABRIDGE
 THE POWER OF AN AGENCY OR HOUSE OF  THE  STATE  LEGISLATURE  TO  PUBLISH
 RECORDS  ON  ITS  INTERNET WEBSITE THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS ARTICLE PRIOR TO A WRITTEN REQUEST OR PRIOR TO A FREQUENT REQUEST.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

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2019-S1630A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A121
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §84, ren §90 to be §90-a, add §90, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S7109, A10314
2011-2012: S393, A5867
2013-2014: S3438, A107
2015-2016: S2675, A5761
2017-2018: S4586, A4356, A9738
2021-2022: S1821, A8357
2023-2024: S3371, A2787
2025-2026: S334, A549

2019-S1630A - Summary

Relates to publishing records of public interest by agencies and the legislature on their websites.

2019-S1630A - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1630A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1630--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. SKOUFIS, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN, SERRANO -- read twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on Investigations and Government Operations --  committee  discharged,
   bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
   committee

 AN ACT to amend the public  officers  law,  in  relation  to  publishing
   records of public interest by agencies and the state legislature
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 84 of the public officers law, as added by  chapter
 933 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
   § 84. Legislative  declaration.  The  legislature  hereby finds that a
 free society is maintained when government is responsive and responsible
 to the public, and when the public is aware of governmental actions. The
 more open a government is with its citizenry,  the  greater  the  under-
 standing and participation of the public in government.
   As  state  and  local government services increase and public problems
 become more sophisticated and complex and therefore harder to solve, and
 with the resultant increase in revenues and expenditures, it  is  incum-
 bent  upon  the state and its localities to extend public accountability
 wherever and whenever feasible.
   The people's right to know the process of governmental decision-making
 and to review the documents and statistics leading to determinations  is
 basic  to our society. Access to such information should not be thwarted
 by shrouding it with the cloak of secrecy or confidentiality.
   SINCE THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW WAS FIRST  ADOPTED,  ADVANCES  IN
 TECHNOLOGY  HAVE  ENHANCED  THE  ABILITY  TO  GAIN  ACCESS TO AND WIDELY
 DISSEMINATE PUBLIC INFORMATION.  ACCORDINGLY, THE LEGISLATURE FINDS THAT
 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES SHOULD PUBLISH RECORDS PROACTIVELY ON  THE  INTERNET
 THAT ARE OF PUBLIC INTEREST AND AVAILABLE UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00936-02-9

 S. 1630--A                          2
 
   The  legislature  therefore  declares  that government is the public's
 business and that the public, individually and collectively and  repres-
 ented  by  a free press, should have access to the records of government
 in accordance with the provisions of this article.
   §  2. Section 90 of the public officers law is renumbered section 90-a
 and a new section 90 is added to read as follows:
   § 90. RECORDS OF PUBLIC INTEREST. 1. EACH  AGENCY  AND  HOUSE  OF  THE
 STATE  LEGISLATURE  SHALL  PUBLISH,  ON ITS INTERNET WEBSITE, RECORDS OR
 PORTIONS OF RECORDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE  PUBLIC  PURSUANT  TO  THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, AND WHICH, IN CONSIDERATION OF THEIR NATURE,
 CONTENT  OR  SUBJECT  MATTER,  ARE  DETERMINED  BY  THE  AGENCY TO BE OF
 SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC. ANY SUCH RECORDS MAY BE REMOVED FROM
 THE INTERNET WEBSITE WHEN THE AGENCY OR HOUSE OF THE  STATE  LEGISLATURE
 DETERMINES  THAT  THEY  ARE  NO  LONGER  OF  SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST TO THE
 PUBLIC. ANY SUCH RECORDS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE INTERNET  WEBSITE  WHEN
 THEY  HAVE  REACHED THE END OF THEIR LEGAL RETENTION PERIOD. GUIDANCE ON
 CREATING RECORDS IN ACCESSIBLE FORMATS  AND  ENSURING  THEIR  CONTINUING
 ACCESSIBILITY  SHALL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE OFFICE FOR TECHNOLOGY AND THE
 STATE ARCHIVES.
   2. THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL  NOT  APPLY
 TO  RECORDS OR PORTIONS OF RECORDS THE DISCLOSURE OF WHICH WOULD CONSTI-
 TUTE AN UNWARRANTED INVASION OF  PERSONAL  PRIVACY  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH
 SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION EIGHTY-NINE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   3.  THE  COMMITTEE  ON OPEN GOVERNMENT SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS TO
 EFFECTUATE THIS SECTION.
   4. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS TO LIMIT  OR  ABRIDGE
 THE  POWER  OF  AN  AGENCY  OR HOUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO PUBLISH
 RECORDS ON ITS INTERNET WEBSITE THAT ARE SUBJECT TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF
 THIS ARTICLE PRIOR TO A WRITTEN REQUEST OR PRIOR TO A FREQUENT REQUEST.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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2019-S1630B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A121
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §84, ren §90 to be §90-a, add §90, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S7109, A10314
2011-2012: S393, A5867
2013-2014: S3438, A107
2015-2016: S2675, A5761
2017-2018: S4586, A4356, A9738
2021-2022: S1821, A8357
2023-2024: S3371, A2787
2025-2026: S334, A549

2019-S1630B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to publishing records of public interest by agencies and the legislature on their websites.

2019-S1630B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S1630B

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public officers law, in relation
to publishing records of public interest by agencies and the state
legislature

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill requires each agency and house of the state legislature to
publish records proactively on its internet website that are, or are
likely to be of substantial interest to the public and that are already
available under the freedom of information law.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill amends section 84 of the public officers law to
acknowledge the changes in technology since the law was first enacted in
the 1970s, and to encourage agencies to publish records proactively.

Section two of the bill renumbers section 90 of the public officers law

as section 90-a, and a new section 90 is added to require that each
agency and house of the state legislature shall publish, on its internet
website, when agencies have the ability to do so, records or portions of
records that are available to the public pursuant to the provisions of
this article, and which, in consideration of their nature, content or
subject matter, are determined by the agency to be of substantial inter-
est to the public.

In addition, this section provides that records may be removed from the
internet website when the agency determines that they are no longer of
substantial interest to the public or when they have reached the end of
their legal retention period.

The provisions of subdivision one of this section shall not apply to
records or portions of records the disclosure of which would constitute
an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy in accordance with subdivi-
sion two of section eighty-nine of this article. The committee on open
government shall promulgate regulations to effectuate the section.

Section three of the bill sets forth the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The Electronic Freedom of Information Act of 1996, popularly known as
E-FOIA, amended the federal disclosure statutes to require agencies to
publish records that are frequently requested, and available to the
public under the law, proactively (5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(2)(0).  Federal
agencies have interpreted frequently requested to mean three requests.

Given the advances in technology since the freedom of information law
was enacted, and even since E-FOIA, state agencies no often have the
means to publish records proactively. And while many agencies make some
records available to the public without a freedom of information
request, there is no standard in law for proactive publication. By
proactively publishing records on the, internet that are likely to be
the subject of frequent requests, agencies can refer individuals who
request records to their website. According to the committee on open

government, it is rare for an individual who is referred to the Internet
to object and request a hard copy.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2018: A.9738 (Buchwald) - Referred to Government Operations / S.4586A
(Krueger) Investigations and Government Operations 2017: A.4356

(Kavanagh) - Government Operations / S.4586 (Krueger) - Investigations
and Government Operations

2015-2016: A.5761 (Kavanagh) - Government Operations / S.2675 (Krueger)
Investigations and Government Operations

2013-2014: A.107 (Kavanagh) - Government Operations / S.3438 (Krueger)
Investigations and Government Operations

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become a law.
 
EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT:
The limitation of the bill to only situations that are practicable has
been made clearer so that the law would only apply when the agency has
the ability to do so.

2019-S1630B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1630--B
     Cal. No. 269
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, GOUNARDES, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER, PARKER, SERRA-
   NO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed
   to  the  Committee  on  Investigations  and  Government  Operations --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted  to said committee -- reported favorably from said commit-
   tee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a  third  reading,
   amended  and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place in the order of
   third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the public  officers  law,  in  relation  to  publishing
   records of public interest by agencies and the state legislature
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 84 of the public officers law, as added by  chapter
 933 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
   § 84. Legislative  declaration.  The  legislature  hereby finds that a
 free society is maintained when government is responsive and responsible
 to the public, and when the public is aware of governmental actions. The
 more open a government is with its citizenry,  the  greater  the  under-
 standing and participation of the public in government.
   As  state  and  local government services increase and public problems
 become more sophisticated and complex and therefore harder to solve, and
 with the resultant increase in revenues and expenditures, it  is  incum-
 bent  upon  the state and its localities to extend public accountability
 wherever and whenever feasible.
   The people's right to know the process of governmental decision-making
 and to review the documents and statistics leading to determinations  is
 basic  to our society. Access to such information should not be thwarted
 by shrouding it with the cloak of secrecy or confidentiality.
   SINCE THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW WAS FIRST  ADOPTED,  ADVANCES  IN
 TECHNOLOGY  HAVE  ENHANCED  THE  ABILITY  TO  GAIN  ACCESS TO AND WIDELY
 DISSEMINATE PUBLIC INFORMATION.  ACCORDINGLY, THE LEGISLATURE FINDS THAT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00936-05-9

 S. 1630--B                          2
 
 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, WHEN AGENCIES HAVE THE ABILITY  TO  DO  SO,  SHOULD
 PUBLISH  RECORDS PROACTIVELY ON THE INTERNET THAT ARE OF PUBLIC INTEREST
 AND AVAILABLE UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   The  legislature  therefore  declares  that government is the public's
 business and that the public, individually and collectively and  repres-
 ented  by  a free press, should have access to the records of government
 in accordance with the provisions of this article.
   § 2. Section 90 of the public officers law is renumbered section  90-a
 and a new section 90 is added to read as follows:
   §  90.  RECORDS  OF  PUBLIC  INTEREST. 1. EACH AGENCY AND HOUSE OF THE
 STATE LEGISLATURE SHALL PUBLISH, ON ITS INTERNET WEBSITE, WHEN THE AGEN-
 CY OR HOUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS THE ABILITY TO DO  SO,  RECORDS
 OR  PORTIONS OF RECORDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC PURSUANT TO THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, AND WHICH, IN CONSIDERATION OF THEIR NATURE,
 CONTENT OR SUBJECT MATTER,  ARE  DETERMINED  BY  THE  AGENCY  TO  BE  OF
 SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC. ANY SUCH RECORDS MAY BE REMOVED FROM
 THE  INTERNET  WEBSITE WHEN THE AGENCY OR HOUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE
 DETERMINES THAT THEY ARE  NO  LONGER  OF  SUBSTANTIAL  INTEREST  TO  THE
 PUBLIC.  ANY  SUCH RECORDS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE INTERNET WEBSITE WHEN
 THEY HAVE REACHED THE END OF THEIR LEGAL RETENTION PERIOD.  GUIDANCE  ON
 CREATING  RECORDS  IN  ACCESSIBLE  FORMATS AND ENSURING THEIR CONTINUING
 ACCESSIBILITY SHALL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE OFFICE FOR TECHNOLOGY AND  THE
 STATE ARCHIVES.
   2.  THE  PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY
 TO RECORDS OR PORTIONS OF RECORDS THE DISCLOSURE OF WHICH WOULD  CONSTI-
 TUTE  AN  UNWARRANTED  INVASION  OF  PERSONAL PRIVACY IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION EIGHTY-NINE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   3. THE COMMITTEE ON OPEN GOVERNMENT SHALL  PROMULGATE  REGULATIONS  TO
 EFFECTUATE THIS SECTION.
   4.  NOTHING  IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS TO LIMIT OR ABRIDGE
 THE POWER OF AN AGENCY OR HOUSE OF  THE  STATE  LEGISLATURE  TO  PUBLISH
 RECORDS  ON  ITS  INTERNET WEBSITE THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS ARTICLE PRIOR TO A WRITTEN REQUEST OR PRIOR TO A FREQUENT REQUEST.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

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Apr 10, 2019 - Floor Vote

Floor Vote: Apr 10, 2019

Jan 14, 2020 - Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote

Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote: Jan 14, 2020

Mar 12, 2019 - Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote

Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote: Mar 12, 2019

Jan 22, 2020 - Finance Committee Vote

Finance Committee Vote: Jan 22, 2020

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

2019-S1630 - Details

2019-S1630 - Summary

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