New York A 3923: Relates to municipal websites

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A03923 Summary:

BILL NOA03923 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00783

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SPONSORKassay

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§30 & 300, Gen Muni L; amd §3, Chap of 2024 (as proposed in S.3353-A & A.2852-A)

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Removes requirements for certain smaller municipalities to maintain official websites.

Go to top A03923 Actions:

BILL NOA03923 

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01/30/2025referred to local governments

02/11/2025reported referred to rules

02/11/2025reported 

02/11/2025rules report cal.100

02/11/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.100

02/12/2025substituted by s783

&nbspS00783 AMEND= SKOUFIS

&nbsp01/08/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/13/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.57

&nbsp02/10/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp02/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/10/2025referred to local governments

&nbsp02/12/2025substituted for a3923

&nbsp02/12/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.100

&nbsp02/26/2025passed assembly

&nbsp02/26/2025returned to senate

&nbsp02/28/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp02/28/2025SIGNED CHAP.97

Go to topA03923 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Chair:Jones 
DATE:02/11/2025AYE/NAY:13/5 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules JonesAyeBrownNay

RamosExcusedFriendNay

WoernerAyeManktelowNay

JacobsonAyeGallahanExcused

ClarkAyeSimpsonNay

ConradAyeBeephanNay

RiveraAye

LevenbergAye

ShimskyAye

ShresthaAye

SchiavoniAye

WiederAye

KassayAye

O'PharrowAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:02/11/2025AYE/NAY:23/4 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyNay

CookAyeBlankenbushNay

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecNay

ColtonAyePalmesanoNay

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanExcused

RozicAye

BronsonExcused

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelExcused

Go to topA03923 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA03923 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3923

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. KASSAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Local Governments

 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to removing
 certain requirements for official websites of small municipalities;
 and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the general
 municipal law relating to requiring municipalities to maintain munic-
 ipal websites, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3353-A and
 A. 2852-A, in relation to the effectiveness thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Section 300 of the general municipal law, as added by a
 2 chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the general municipal law relating
 3 to requiring municipalities to maintain municipal websites, as proposed
 4 in legislative bills numbers S. 3353-A and A. 2852-A, is amended to read
 5 as follows:
 6 § 300. Municipal websites. 1. All municipal corporations having a
 7 population, as shown by the latest preceding decennial federal census,
 8 equal to or greater than one thousand five hundred persons, shall main-
 9 tain an official website with a ".gov" domain name that is accessible to
 10 the public and update such website regularly[. The], as follows: the
 11 official website shall contain basic information on the municipality
 12 including but not limited to hours of operations, elected officials and
 13 services provided[. The] and the website shall contain a privacy policy
 14 that is prominently posted and written in plain language that informs
 15 website visitors of any personal information that is being collected and
 16 how it is being used; provided however, that any municipal corporation
 17 having a population, as shown by the latest preceding decennial federal
 18 census, of less than one thousand five hundred persons, shall comply
 19 with the provisions of this section to the extent practicable. For
 20 purposes of this section, a municipal corporation that hosts its offi-
 21 cial website on another municipal corporation's ".gov" Uniform Resource

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored