New York A 3425: Relates to the maximum allowable timeframes to respond to requests for records under the freedom of information act

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A03425 Summary:

BILL NOA03425A

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SAME ASSAME AS S02520-B

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SPONSORRaga

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COSPNSRGonzalez-Rojas, Kim, Shimsky, Simone, Kelles, Epstein, Alvarez, Steck, Burroughs, Reyes,
 Santabarbara

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §89, Pub Off L

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Relates to the maximum allowable time frames to respond to requests for records under the freedom of information act.

Go to top A03425 Actions:

BILL NOA03425A

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01/27/2025referred to governmental operations

06/09/2025amend and recommit to governmental operations

06/09/2025print number 3425a

06/13/2025reference changed to ways and means

06/16/2025reported referred to rules

06/16/2025reported 

06/16/2025rules report cal.777

06/16/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.777

06/16/2025substituted by s2520b

&nbspS02520 AMEND=B SKOUFIS

&nbsp01/21/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

&nbsp05/28/20251ST REPORT CAL.1434

&nbsp05/29/20252ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp05/30/2025AMENDED 2520A

&nbsp06/04/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp06/09/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING 2520B

&nbsp06/12/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/12/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/12/2025referred to governmental operations

&nbsp06/16/2025substituted for a3425a

&nbsp06/16/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.777

&nbsp06/16/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/16/2025returned to senate

&nbsp10/09/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp10/09/2025VETOED MEMO.29

Go to topA03425 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/16/2025AYE/NAY:32/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyeRaAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyePalmesanoAye

WeprinAyeWalshAye

RamosAbsentDeStefanoAye

BraunsteinAyeManktelowAye

McDonaldAyeSmullenAye

RozicExcusedGiglioAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAye

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

EpsteinAye

SeptimoAbsent

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/16/2025AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicExcused

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA03425 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA03425 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3425--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. RAGA, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, KIM, SHIMSKY, SIMONE,
 KELLES, EPSTEIN, ALVAREZ, STECK, BURROUGHS, REYES -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to time frames for
 responding to requests for records under the freedom of information
 act

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 89 of the public officers law, as
 2 amended by chapter 223 of the laws of 2008 and paragraph (c) as added by
 3 chapter 47 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
 4 3. (a) Each entity subject to the provisions of this article, within
 5 five business days of the receipt of a written request for a record
 6 reasonably described, shall make such record available to the person
 7 requesting it, deny such request in writing or furnish a written
 8 acknowledgement of the receipt of such request and a statement of the
 9 approximate date, which shall be reasonable under the circumstances of
 10 the request, when such request will be granted or denied, including,
 11 where appropriate, a statement that access to the record will be deter-
 12 mined in accordance with subdivision five of this section. An agency
 13 shall not deny a request on the basis that the request is voluminous or
 14 that locating or reviewing the requested records or providing the
 15 requested copies is burdens