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Assembly Bill A9211A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to requests for employee personnel records

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2023-A9211 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8509
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §87, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A5527, S4726

2023-A9211 - Summary

Requires agencies and public employers to provide notice and a review period to employees whose personnel records have been provided pursuant to the state's freedom of information law.

2023-A9211 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9211
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 16, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in  relation  to  requests  for
   employee personnel records
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 87 of the public officers law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. (A) EVERY AGENCY OR PUBLIC EMPLOYER SHALL PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTIFICA-
 TION  TO  AN  EMPLOYEE  THAT  A  REQUEST FOR INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN SUBMITTED  SEEKING  SUCH  EMPLOYEE'S
 PERSONNEL  RECORDS. THE NOTIFICATION SHALL LIST ANY DOCUMENTS REQUESTED,
 PROVIDED, OR COPIED FOR DISSEMINATION OR PUBLIC INSPECTION.
   (B) UPON OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION FROM THE EMPLOYER THAT  A  REQUEST  FOR
 INFORMATION  PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN SUBMIT-
 TED SEEKING AN EMPLOYEE'S PERSONNEL RECORD, SUCH EMPLOYEE SHALL BE GIVEN
 THE ABILITY TO INSPECT THEIR PERSONNEL FILE OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT REFER-
 ENCING THE EMPLOYEE AS PART OF THE  INFORMATION  REQUEST.  THIS  SECTION
 SHALL  NOT  BE  A  RESTRICTION  TO  AN EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT TO INSPECT THEIR
 PERSONNEL FILE PURSUANT TO A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT,  OR  OTHER
 LAW.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14454-01-4

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2023-A9211A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8509
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §87, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A5527, S4726

2023-A9211A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires agencies and public employers to provide notice and a review period to employees whose personnel records have been provided pursuant to the state's freedom of information law.

2023-A9211A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9211--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 16, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO, THIELE -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Governmental 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  requests  for
   employee personnel records

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 87 of the public officers law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. (A) EVERY AGENCY OR PUBLIC EMPLOYER SHALL PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTIFICA-
 TION  TO  AN  EMPLOYEE  THAT  A  REQUEST FOR INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE SEEKING SUCH EMPLOYEE'S PERSONNEL RECORDS HAS
 BEEN APPROVED. THE NOTIFICATION  SHALL  LIST  ANY  DOCUMENTS  REQUESTED,
 PROVIDED, OR COPIED FOR DISSEMINATION OR PUBLIC INSPECTION.
   (B)  UPON  OFFICIAL  NOTIFICATION FROM THE EMPLOYER THAT A REQUEST FOR
 INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  SEEKING  SUCH
 EMPLOYEE'S  PERSONNEL  RECORDS HAS BEEN APPROVED, SUCH EMPLOYEE SHALL BE
 GIVEN THE ABILITY TO INSPECT THEIR PERSONNEL FILE OR ANY OTHER  DOCUMENT
 REFERENCING  THE  EMPLOYEE  AS  PART  OF  THE  INFORMATION REQUEST. THIS
 SECTION SHALL NOT BE A RESTRICTION TO AN  EMPLOYEE'S  RIGHT  TO  INSPECT
 THEIR  PERSONNEL  FILE PURSUANT TO A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, OR
 OTHER LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14454-02-4

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