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Assembly Bill A581

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires public bodies to ensure that proceedings of meetings are audible for individuals in person and via broadcast

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2025-A581 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §103, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A8360
2023-2024: A2697

2025-A581 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires public bodies to make reasonable efforts to ensure that proceedings of meetings are audible for individuals in person and via broadcast and to provide audio visual equipment as necessary.

2025-A581 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    581
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring public
   bodies to ensure that proceedings of meetings are audible for individ-
   uals in person and via broadcast

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 103 of the public officers law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision (g) to read as follows:
   (G) PUBLIC BODIES SHALL MAKE OR CAUSE TO BE MADE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO
 ENSURE THAT PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS ARE AUDIBLE TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO
 ATTEND SUCH MEETINGS IN PERSON OR VIA BROADCAST BY PROVIDING AUDIOVISUAL
 EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED  TO  MICROPHONES  AND  SPEAKERS  TO
 ENSURE  THAT  INDIVIDUALS  IN ATTENDANCE AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS WATCHING
 VIA BROADCAST CAN ADEQUATELY HEAR THE PROCEEDINGS OF 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.
                                                            LBD02375-01-5

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