Requires that committee and floor votes be made available online and that session and committee meetings be webcast; listing shall include correspondence from the governor relating to legislation.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1909--B
Cal. No. 344
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 15, 2015
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Introduced by Sens. MARCELLINO, AVELLA, CARLUCCI, MARTINS -- read twice
and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
on Investigations and Government Operations -- reported favorably from
said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third
reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the
order of third reading -- recommitted to the Committee on Investi-
gations and Government Operations in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and
second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered
reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to requiring that
committee and floor votes be made available online and that session
and committee meetings be live webcast and archived
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 54-b
2 to read as follows:
3 § 54-b. Committee and floor votes and committee meetings to be posted
4 online. 1. All votes taken on the floor of the senate or assembly or
5 votes taken in any committee of the legislature shall be listed on the
6 official website of the respective houses within twenty-four hours of
7 such vote, to the extent practicable. Such listing shall include the
8 bill number, date of vote, the summary of the legislation from the
9 legislative retrieval system, whether such vote was on the floor or in a
10 committee and each member's vote listed as aye, nay, excused, absent or
11 abstain. Such listing shall also include correspondence from the gover-
12 nor relating to legislation, such as messages of necessity and veto or
13 approval memoranda.
14 2. Every committee meeting and hearing of the legislature and every
15 session shall be live webcast and archived through the official website
16 of each respective house to the extent practicable.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04631-04-6
S. 1909--B 2
1 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
2 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that the obligation to
3 archive webcasts of committee meetings, hearings and sessions of the
4 legislature as provided in section one of this act shall only apply to
5 webcasts occurring on or after the effective date of this act.
