New York S 4726: Relates to requests for employee personnel records

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S04726 Summary:

BILL NOS04726 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05527

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §87, Pub Off L

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Requires agencies and public employers to provide notice and a review period to employees whose personnel records have been provided pursuant to the state's freedom of information law.

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BILL NOS04726 

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02/12/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4726

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- 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 requests for
 employee personnel records

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 87 of the public officers law, as
 2 added by chapter 302 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 3 6. [All agencies subject to the requirements of this article shall
 4 develop a policy regarding providing a notification to public employees
 5 in the event that the agency is responding to a request for such employ-
 6 ee's disciplinary records] (a) Every agency or public employer shall
 7 provide written notification to an employee that a request for informa-
 8 tion pursuant to the provisions of this article seeking such employee's
 9 personnel records has been approved. The notification shall list any
 10 documents requested, provided, or copied for dissemination or public
 11 inspection.
 12 (b) Upon official notification from the employer that a request for
 13 information pursuant to the provisions of this article seeking such
 14 employee's personnel records has been approved, such employee shall be
 15 given the ability to inspect their personnel file or any other document
 16 referencing the employee as part of the information request. This
 17 section shall not be a restriction to an employee's right to inspect
 18 their personnel file pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, or
 19 other law.
 20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 21 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09569-01-5

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