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NY S 9953

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 · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 9953 pass?

Not yet. NY S 9953 is in committee as of 2026-04-17 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-04-17): REFERRED TO CODES

What is NY S 9953 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 S 9953?

Erik Bottcher is the primary sponsor of NY S 9953.

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
2026-04-17 — REFERRED TO CODES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Erik Bottcherprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-04-17

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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  • Prior session: S 8746not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 2086

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S9953?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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