Assembly Bill A7914

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes the public to participate in public meetings in person or remotely

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A7914 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §103, Pub Off L; amd §50, Pub Bldg L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8367

2023-A7914 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the public to participate in public meetings in person or remotely through the use of a telephone conference, a video conference, and/or other similar technology.

2023-A7914 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7914
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON, THIELE, FAHY, DURSO, SEAWRIGHT, ZINERMAN,
   DINOWITZ, GUNTHER, BURDICK, STIRPE,  K. BROWN,  J. A. GIGLIO  --  read
   once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law and the public buildings law, in
   relation  to  authorizing the public to participate in public meetings
   in person or remotely
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions (b) and (d) of section 103 of the public offi-
 cers  law,  subdivision  (b) as added by chapter 368 of the laws of 1977
 and subdivision (d) as added by chapter 43 of  the  laws  of  2010,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   (b)  Public  bodies  shall  make  or  cause  to be made all reasonable
 efforts to ensure that meetings  are  held  in  facilities  that  permit
 barrier-free  physical  access  to  [the physically handicapped] PERSONS
 WITH DISABILITIES, as defined in subdivision five of  section  fifty  of
 the public buildings law.
   (d)  1.  Any meeting of a public body that is open to the public shall
 be open to being photographed, broadcast, webcast, or otherwise recorded
 and/or transmitted by audio or video means.  As  used  herein  the  term
 "broadcast" shall also include the transmission of signals by cable.
   2.  ANY MEETING OF A PUBLIC BODY SHALL ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE
 IN THE MEETING IN PERSON OR REMOTELY THROUGH  THE  USE  OF  A  TELEPHONE
 CONFERENCE, A VIDEO CONFERENCE AND/OR OTHER SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY.
   3. A public body may adopt rules, consistent with recommendations from
 the  committee  on open government, reasonably governing the location of
 equipment and personnel  used  to  photograph,  broadcast,  webcast,  or
 otherwise record a meeting so as to conduct its proceedings in an order-
 ly  manner. Such rules shall be conspicuously posted during meetings and
 written copies shall be provided upon request to those in attendance.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09795-01-3
 A. 7914                             2

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