New York A 1590: Allows certain members of a public body to be counted as present for quorum purposes at meetings attended remotely

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A01590 Summary:

BILL NOA01590A

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SAME ASSAME AS S02392-A

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SPONSORSimon

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COSPNSRGonzalez-Rojas

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §103-a, Pub Off L; amd Part WW §4, Chap 56 of 2022

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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.

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BILL NOA01590A

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01/10/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

05/19/2026amend (t) and recommit to governmental operations

05/19/2026print number 1590a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1590--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred
 to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- recommitted to the
 Committee on Governmental Operations in accordance with Assembly Rule
 3, sec. 2 -- 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.
 LBD04677-03-6

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