Amd §103-a, Pub Off L; amd Part WW §4, Chap 56 of 2022
Allows members of a public body who cannot physically attend a meeting due to a disability to be counted as present for quorum purposes at meetings attended remotely; makes provisions of law relating to permitting videoconferencing and remote participation in public meetings under certain circumstances permanent.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2392--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 17, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
ment Operations -- recommitted to the Committee on Investigations and
Government Operations in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to quorum require-
ments for meetings conducted remotely; and to amend part WW of chapter
56 of the laws of 2022 amending the public officers law relating to
permitting videoconferencing and remote participation in public meet-
ings under certain circumstances, in relation to making such
provisions permanent
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 103-a of the public officers law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
3 2-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any member who has a
4 disability as defined in section two hundred ninety-two of the executive
5 law that renders such member unable to be physically present at any
6 meeting location may be considered present for purposes of fulfilling
7 the quorum requirement for the public body at meetings conducted through
8 videoconferencing, provided the applicable criteria in subdivision two
9 of this section are otherwise met.
10 § 2. Section 4 of part WW of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022 amending
11 the public officers law relating to permitting videoconferencing and
12 remote participation in public meetings under certain circumstances, as
13 amended by section 1 of part KK of chapter 58 of the laws of 2024, is
14 amended to read as follows:
15 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately [and shall expire and be
16 deemed repealed July 1, 2026].
17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04677-02-6
