| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2025 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S6852
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 15th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C) 17th Senate District
2025-S6852 (ACTIVE) - Details
2025-S6852 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6852
SPONSOR: ADDABBO
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring all
public bodies to live stream open meetings and public hearings and make
the recordings of such meetings and hearings available on the webpage of
the public body
PURPOSE:
This legislation would require local governments live stream open meet-
ings and public hearing, as well as to make these recordings available
on their website for a minimum of five years.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends Section 104 by adding a new subdivision 5-a which would
require local governments to the extent practicable stream all open
meetings and public hearings on its website in real time. Further, this
section requires video recordings to be posted within five days of the
2025-S6852 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6852
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 25, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
ment Operations
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring all
public bodies to live stream open meetings and public hearings and
make the recordings of such meetings and hearings available on the
webpage of the public body
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 104 of the public officers law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
5-A. PUBLIC BODIES SHALL BE REQUIRED, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, TO
STREAM ALL OPEN MEETINGS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS ON ITS WEBSITE IN REAL-
TIME. EACH PUBLIC BODY SHALL POST VIDEO RECORDINGS OF ALL SUCH OPEN
MEETINGS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS ON ITS WEBSITE WITHIN FIVE BUSINESS DAYS OF
THE MEETING OR HEARING AND SHALL MAINTAIN SUCH RECORDINGS FOR A PERIOD
OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE YEARS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03249-01-5
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