senate Bill S623

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes and directs the committee on open government to study proactive disclosure as a means of increasing transparency and access to government information

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Current Bill Status - Passed Senate

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
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    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 21, 2023 referred to governmental operations
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Mar 16, 2023 advanced to third reading
Mar 15, 2023 2nd report cal.
Mar 13, 2023 1st report cal.481
Jan 05, 2023 referred to investigations and government operations

Votes

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Mar 21, 2023 - floor Vote

S623
62
0
floor
62
Aye
0
Nay
0
Absent
1
Excused
0
Abstained
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Floor Vote: Mar 21, 2023

aye (62)
excused (1)

Mar 13, 2023 - Investigations and Government Operations committee Vote

S623
7
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committee
7
Aye
0
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Investigations and Government Operations Committee Vote: Mar 13, 2023

aye (7)

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S623 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1436
Law Section:
Public Officers
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S3530
2011-2012: S88
2013-2014: S236
2015-2016: S188
2017-2018: S1846, S7097, A11324
2019-2020: S2344, A5747
2021-2022: S3120, A484

S623 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes and directs the committee on open government to study proactive disclosure as a means of increasing transparency and access to government information.

S623 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S623 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    623
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. KAVANAGH, ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and  when  printed  to be committed to the Committee on Investigations
   and Government Operations
 
 AN ACT authorizing and directing the committee  on  open  government  to
   study  proactive  disclosure as a means of increasing transparency and
   access to government information

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative  findings.  The  legislature  finds  that the
 current freedom of information law, enacted in 1977,  has  served  as  a
 critical  vehicle under which the public has gained access to records of
 state and local governmental entities.  The  legislature  further  finds
 that  the freedom of information law places the burden on the individual
 to request information from an agency,  but  that  the  use  of  current
 information  technology, combined with a commitment to proactive disclo-
 sure, has the potential to provide information to the public to an  even
 greater degree than does the current law.
   § 2. The New York state committee on open government is hereby author-
 ized  and  directed to: (a) study the feasibility of requiring agencies,
 as defined in subdivision 3 of section 86 of the public officers law, to
 proactively disclose documents that are available under article 6 of the
 public officers law; (b) make specific findings and  legislative  recom-
 mendations  relating  to mandatory proactive disclosure by agencies; (c)
 estimate the costs or savings of proactive disclosure;  and  (d)  report
 its  findings to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and
 the speaker of the assembly no later than January 31, 2026.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03031-01-3

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