Requires certain meetings between the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly relating to the state budget to be open to the general public; to provide an opportunity for the public to attend, listen to, and observe such meetings; and to broadcast and maintain records of such meetings on each party's website.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2336
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 16, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring public
access to state budget discussions
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The public officers law is amended by adding a new section
103-b to read as follows:
§ 103-B. PUBLIC ACCESS TO STATE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS. 1. NOTWITHSTAND-
ING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, OR ANY OTHER LAW TO THE CONTRARY,
EVERY MEETING OF THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND
THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY ARRANGED TO DISCUSS, NEGOTIATE, OR DEBATE,
IN PART OR IN ITS ENTIRETY, THE PROVISIONS OF THE STATE BUDGET, SHALL BE
OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
2. THE HOST OF THE MEETINGS UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL PROVIDE AN OPPOR-
TUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND, LISTEN AND OBSERVE THE MEETINGS IN AT
LEAST ONE PHYSICAL LOCATION AT WHICH A MEMBER PARTICIPATES AND SHALL BE
OPEN TO BEING PHOTOGRAPHED, BROADCAST, WEBCAST, OR OTHERWISE RECORDED
AND/OR TRANSMITTED BY AUDIO OR VIDEO MEANS.
3. MEETINGS UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, BE
BROADCAST TO THE PUBLIC AND MAINTAINED AS RECORDS BY THE OFFICE OF THE
GOVERNOR AND EACH HOUSE OF THE LEGISLATURE AND STREAMED ON THE WEBSITES
OF THE GOVERNOR, THE SENATE AND THE ASSEMBLY IN REAL-TIME AND POSTED ON
SUCH WEBSITES WITHIN AND FOR A REASONABLE TIME AFTER THE MEETING.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05524-01-5
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