New York A 7552: Requires members of a public body to complete a minimum level of training on the state's open meetings law and freedom of information law

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A07552 Summary:

BILL NOA07552 

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SAME ASSAME AS S09603

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SPONSORMcMahon

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COSPNSRSteck, Simon, Conrad, Simone, Schiavoni, Glick, Levenberg, Lunsford, Burroughs, Shimsky, Clark,
 Hooks

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §79-a, Pub Off L

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Requires members of a public body to complete a minimum of two hours of training, with one hour on the state's open meetings law and one hour on freedom of information law; requires certain local, city, county, town and village public body members to complete such training as well.

Go to top A07552 Actions:

BILL NOA07552 

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04/01/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

05/27/2026reported referred to rules

05/28/2026reported 

05/28/2026rules report cal.227

05/28/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.227

Go to topA07552 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS Chair:McDonald 
DATE:05/27/2026AYE/NAY:12/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules McDonaldAyeBeephanAye

GlickAyeSimpsonAye

KimExcusedNovakhovAye

Bichotte HermelAyeNorberAye

WilliamsAye

RagaExcused

SimoneAye

ShimskyAye

KassayAye

BurroughsAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:05/28/2026AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedRaAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeBrabenecAye

DinowitzAyePalmesanoAye

ColtonAyeReillyAye

MagnarelliAyeSmithAye

PaulinAyeJensenAye

Peoples-StokesAyeGandolfoAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA07552 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA07552 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7552

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 1, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. McMAHON, STECK, SIMON, CONRAD, SIMONE, SCHIAVONI,
 GLICK, LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Govern-
 mental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring
 members of a public body to complete a minimum level of training on
 the state's open meetings law and freedom of information law

 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 79-a to read as follows:
 3 § 79-a. Public officers required training. Each local officer, as
 4 defined by article one of this chapter, shall complete no less than two
 5 hours of training annually, with a minimum of one hour of such training
 6 being on the requirements of the open meetings law, as established by
 7 article seven of this chapter, and with a minimum of one hour of such
 8 training being on the freedom of information law, as established by
 9 article six of this chapter. All village clerks, town clerks, city
 10 clerks, legislative clerks to a county legislature or board of supervi-
 11 sors, village attorneys, town attorneys, city attorneys, county attor-
 12 neys or other designated attorneys for a public body, and all designated
 13 records access officers and FOIL appeal officers shall be required to
 14 complete such training. Such training shall be approved by the committee
 15 on open government established under section one hundred nine of this
 16 chapter and may include training provided by a state agency, statewide
 17 municipal association, non-profit organization, college, or any other
 18 similar entity the committee deems necessary. Such training may be
 19 provided in a variety of formats, including but not limited to, elec-
 20 tronic media, distance learning or traditional classroom training. On
 21 or before December thirty-first of each year, individuals required to
 22 complete such training shall file with their designated records access

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02955-02-5

 A. 7552 2

 1 officer proof of their attendance at any such training programs required
 2 by this section.
 3 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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