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Assembly Bill A7179

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to collective bargaining agreement disclosure

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2025-A7179 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §837-y, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10507

2025-A7179 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires law enforcement agencies and political subdivisions to make publicly available any law enforcement collective bargaining agreement such agency or subdivision is subject to.

2025-A7179 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7179
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to collective  bargaining
   agreement disclosure
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  837-y
 to read as follows:
   §  837-Y.  COLLECTIVE  BARGAINING AGREEMENT. WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS  SECTION,  AND  ANNUALLY  THEREAFTER,  EVERY  LAW
 ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION SHALL MAKE PUBLICLY AVAIL-
 ABLE ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT SUCH AGENCY  OR
 SUBDIVISION IS SUBJECT TO, INCLUDING ANY COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
 NEGOTIATED  BEFORE  THE ADOPTION OF THIS SECTION, THAT IS IN EFFECT UPON
 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11023-01-5

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