Directs the public service commission to provide for the availability of virtual access to and participation by parties and non-parties in all proceedings and public sessions of the commission, to the extent that such parties and non-parties would be permitted to access and participate in such proceedings and public sessions in person.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10465
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 6, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to virtual access to
public service commission proceedings
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a new section
28 to read as follows:
§ 28. VIRTUAL ACCESS TO AND PARTICIPATION IN COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE
CONTRARY, THE COMMISSION SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE AVAILABILITY OF VIRTUAL
ACCESS TO AND PARTICIPATION BY PARTIES AND NON-PARTIES IN ALL
PROCEEDINGS AND PUBLIC SESSIONS OF THE COMMISSION, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO EVIDENTIARY HEARINGS, PROCEDURAL CONFERENCES AND OTHER FORMAL
COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS, TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH PARTIES AND NON-PARTIES
WOULD BE PERMITTED TO ACCESS AND PARTICIPATE IN SUCH PROCEEDINGS AND
PUBLIC SESSIONS OF THE COMMISSION IN PERSON.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01460-01-5
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