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NY A 2086

in committee

Expands the exemption provided to professional journalists and newscasters from contempt to include employment or association with a web log

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 2086 pass?

Not yet. NY A 2086 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

What is NY A 2086 about?

Expands the exemption provided to professional journalists and newscasters from contempt to include employment or association with a web log; defines web log as a website or webpage that contains an online journal containing news, comments and offers hyperlinks provided by the writer.

Who sponsors NY A 2086?

Linda Rosenthal is the primary sponsor of NY A 2086, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Expands the exemption provided to professional journalists and newscasters from contempt to include employment or association with a web log; defines web log as a website or webpage that contains an online journal containing news, comments and offers hyperlinks provided by the writer.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Linda Rosenthalprimary
  • Amy Paulincosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-15

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

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  • Prior session: A 1008not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 2207not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 1126not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 9953

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A2086?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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