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Assembly Bill A4591A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires state agencies to make available all public documents in a digital format on their website

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Bill Amendments

2023-A4591 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5807
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
New York State Printing and Public Documents Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §12, NYS Print L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6470
2013-2014: A6080
2015-2016: A5340
2017-2018: A10261, S4149
2019-2020: A6141, S1392
2021-2022: A6625, S1514
2025-2026: A2573, S2064

2023-A4591 - Summary

Requires state agencies to make available all public documents in a digital format on their website in a manner that allows such documents to be printed; provides that no document required by law to remain confidential shall be deemed a public document.

2023-A4591 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4591
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting the "online
   digital paperwork reduction act"
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "online digital paperwork reduction act".
   § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a  new  section  170-g  to
 read as follows:
   §  170-G.   AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTS. EVERY STATE AGENCY IN THE STATE
 SHALL MAKE ITS ANNUAL REPORTS AND ALL OTHER PUBLIC  DOCUMENTS  AVAILABLE
 IN  A DIGITAL FORMAT ON ITS WEBSITE IN A MANNER THAT ALLOWS SUCH REPORTS
 AND DOCUMENTS TO BE PRINTED. AS USED IN THIS SECTION,  THE  TERM  "STATE
 AGENCY"  SHALL MEAN ANY DEPARTMENT, BOARD, BUREAU, COMMISSION, DIVISION,
 OFFICE, COUNCIL, COMMITTEE OR OFFICE OF  THE  STATE,  A  PUBLIC  BENEFIT
 CORPORATION OR PUBLIC AUTHORITY.
   §  3.  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.
                                                            LBD08861-01-3

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2023-A4591A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5807
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
New York State Printing and Public Documents Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §12, NYS Print L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6470
2013-2014: A6080
2015-2016: A5340
2017-2018: A10261, S4149
2019-2020: A6141, S1392
2021-2022: A6625, S1514
2025-2026: A2573, S2064

2023-A4591A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires state agencies to make available all public documents in a digital format on their website in a manner that allows such documents to be printed; provides that no document required by law to remain confidential shall be deemed a public document.

2023-A4591A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4591--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee  on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the New York state printing and public documents law, in
   relation to requiring state agencies  to  make  available  all  public
   documents in a digital format on their website
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 12 of the New York state printing and public  docu-
 ments law is amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5.  EACH  STATE  AGENCY SHALL MAKE ALL PUBLIC DOCUMENTS, AS DEFINED IN
 THIS ARTICLE, AVAILABLE IN A DIGITAL FORMAT ON ITS WEBSITE IN  A  MANNER
 THAT  ALLOWS SUCH DOCUMENTS TO BE PRINTED.  UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL
 ANY DOCUMENT THAT IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL BE DEEMED  A
 PUBLIC DOCUMENT.
   §  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.
                                                            LBD08861-02-3

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