Bill Title: Establishes that in a FOIL proceeding, the court shall assess against an agency reasonable attorney's fees and other litigation costs incurred when a person substantially prevails unless the court finds otherwise.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-12-13 - approval memo.33 [A02750 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Assemblymember Amy Paulin [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-088	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Sandra Galef [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-095	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Anthony Brindisi [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-119	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Kevin Cahill [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-103	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Dov Hikind [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-048	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Ellen Jaffee [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-097	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember William Magnarelli [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-129	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-067	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Matthew Titone [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-061	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Kenneth Zebrowski [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-096	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Patricia Fahy [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-109	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember John McDonald [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-108	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Nick Perry [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-058	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Latrice Walker [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-055	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember William Colton [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-047	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Vivian Cook [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-032	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Richard Gottfried [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-075	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Donna Lupardo [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-123	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Fred Thiele [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-001	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Tremaine Wright [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-056	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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