New York S 3421: Requires certain meetings between the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly relating to the state budget to be open to the general public

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S03421 Summary:

BILL NOS03421 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02336

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SPONSORBORRELLO

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §103-b, Pub Off L

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Requires certain meetings between the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly relating to the state budget to be open to the general public; to provide an opportunity for the public to attend, listen to, and observe such meetings; and to broadcast and maintain records of such meetings on each party's website.

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BILL NOS03421 

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01/27/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3421

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
 ment Operations

 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring public
 access to state budget discussions

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

 1 Section 1. The public officers law is amended by adding a new section
 2 103-b to read as follows:
 3 § 103-b. Public access to state budget discussions. 1. Notwithstand-
 4 ing the provisions of this article, or any other law to the contrary,
 5 every meeting of the governor, the temporary president of the senate and
 6 the speaker of the assembly arranged to discuss, negotiate, or debate,
 7 in part or in its entirety, the provisions of the state budget, shall be
 8 open to the general public.
 9 2. The host of the meetings under this section shall provide an oppor-
 10 tunity for the public to attend, listen and observe the meetings in at
 11 least one physical location at which a member participates and shall be
 12 open to being photographed, broadcast, webcast, or otherwise recorded
 13 and/or transmitted by audio or video means.
 14 3. Meetings under this section shall, to the extent practicable, be
 15 broadcast to the public and maintained as records by the office of the
 16 governor and each house of the legislature and streamed on the websites
 17 of the governor, the senate and the assembly in real-time and posted on
 18 such websites within and for a reasonable time after the meeting.
 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05524-01-5

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