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NY A 950

in committee

Relates to the award of reasonable attorney's fees in certain proceedings

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 950 pass?

Not yet. NY A 950 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 950 about?

Provides for the award of reasonable attorneys' fees in FOIL proceedings if the person is successful and in open meeting proceedings to the successful petitioner and against the public body.

Who sponsors NY A 950?

Phil Steck is the primary sponsor of NY A 950, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Description

Provides for the award of reasonable attorneys' fees in FOIL proceedings if the person is successful and in open meeting proceedings to the successful petitioner and against the public body.

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

  • Phil Steckprimary
  • Jo Anne Simoncosponsor
  • William Magnarellicosponsor
  • Anna Kellescosponsor
  • Tony Simonecosponsor
  • Harvey Epsteincosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-19

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2025-02-19

    PRINT NUMBER 950A

    amendment-passage

  4. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 5357not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 1418

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A950?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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