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Assembly Bill A2329

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Expands use of videoconferencing to purely advisory bodies

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2025-A2329 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S647
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §103-a, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10642, S9010

2025-A2329 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands use of videoconferencing to purely advisory bodies.

2025-A2329 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2329
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 16, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to expanding use of
   videoconferencing to purely advisory bodies
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 103-a of the public  officers  law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph (j) to read as follows:
   (J)  A  PUBLIC  BODY  MAY, IN ITS DISCRETION, AUTHORIZE MEMBERS OF ITS
 COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES THAT PERFORM  ADVISORY  FUNCTIONS  ONLY  TO
 ATTEND  MEETINGS  OF  SUCH COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES FROM ONE OR MORE
 NON-PUBLIC LOCATIONS THROUGH THE USE OF VIDEOCONFERENCING AND BE CONSID-
 ERED PRESENT FOR PURPOSES OF FULFILLING  QUORUM  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  SUCH
 MEETINGS  PROVIDED  THAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND, LISTEN
 AND OBSERVE SUCH MEETINGS IN AT LEAST  ONE  PHYSICAL  LOCATION  THAT  IS
 PROVIDED  AND  THAT  LOCATION  MEETS ALL PHYSICAL ACCESS REQUIREMENTS OF
 SECTION ONE HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the  amend-
 ments to section 103-a of the public officers law made by section one of
 this act shall not affect the repeal of such section and shall be deemed
 repealed therewith.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01977-01-5

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