NY A04677 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Passed on December 23 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-12-23 - approval memo.60
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Summary

Prohibits agencies from charging a fee for records where an electronic copy is already available from a previous request made within the past six months; requires that fees be apportioned equally among requestors when more than one request is made for identical records before such request has been fulfilled.

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Title

Prohibits agencies from charging a fee for records where an electronic copy is already available from a previous request made within the past six months; requires that fees be apportioned equally among requestors when more than one request is made for identical records before such request has been fulfilled.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2022-05-23 - Senate - Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage (Y: 61 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-06-01 - Assembly - Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage (Y: 147 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2021-06-01 - Assembly - Assembly Rules Committee: Favorable (Y: 30 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-05-19 - Assembly - Assembly Governmental Operations Committee: Favorable refer to committee Rules (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2022-12-23Assemblyapproval memo.60
2022-12-23Assemblysigned chap.745
2022-12-12Assemblydelivered to governor
2022-05-23SenateRETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
2022-05-23SenatePASSED SENATE
2022-05-23Senate3RD READING CAL.794
2022-05-23SenateSUBSTITUTED FOR S4863A
2022-02-01SenateREFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
2022-02-01Assemblydelivered to senate
2022-02-01Assemblypassed assembly
2022-01-05Assemblyordered to third reading cal.154
2022-01-05SenateRETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
2022-01-05SenateDIED IN SENATE
2021-06-01SenateREFERRED TO RULES
2021-06-01Assemblydelivered to senate
2021-06-01Assemblypassed assembly
2021-06-01Assemblyordered to third reading rules cal.180
2021-06-01Assemblyrules report cal.180
2021-06-01Assemblyreported
2021-05-19Assemblyreported referred to rules
2021-05-07Assemblyprint number 4677a
2021-05-07Assemblyamend (t) and recommit to governmental operations
2021-02-04Assemblyreferred to governmental operations

Same As/Similar To

S04863 (Same As) 2022-05-23 - SUBSTITUTED BY A4677A

New York State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A4677
Texthttps://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A04677&term=2021&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A04677
Texthttps://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A04677&term=2021&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A04677A
Roll Callhttps://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A04677&term=2021&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#AC1
Roll Callhttps://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A04677&term=2021&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#AC2
Roll Callhttps://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A04677&term=2021&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#AF1
Roll Callhttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A4677#SF1

Bill Comments

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