Bill Commons

NY A 6487

in committee

Expands the training time for local municipalities in relation to the open meetings law

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did NY A 6487 pass?

Not yet. NY A 6487 is in committee as of 2026-05-04 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-05-04): PRINT NUMBER 6487A

What is NY A 6487 about?

Expands the training time for local municipalities in relation to the open meetings law; requires at least one hour of such training be provided by the committee on open government or an appropriate entity in relation to compliance with the open meetings law and if not provided, a justification shall be given.

Who sponsors NY A 6487?

Steven Otis is the primary sponsor of NY A 6487.

Description

Expands the training time for local municipalities in relation to the open meetings law; requires at least one hour of such training be provided by the committee on open government or an appropriate entity in relation to compliance with the open meetings law and if not provided, a justification shall be given.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-05-04 — PRINT NUMBER 6487A
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Steven Otisprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-05

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-05-04

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  4. 2026-05-04

    PRINT NUMBER 6487A

    amendment-passage

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Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 9988not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 2598

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A6487?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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