Bill Commons

NY S 647

in committee

Expands use of videoconferencing to purely advisory bodies

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did NY S 647 pass?

Not yet. NY S 647 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-06-05): COMMITTED TO RULES

What is NY S 647 about?

Expands use of videoconferencing to purely advisory bodies.

Who sponsors NY S 647?

James Skoufis is the primary sponsor of NY S 647.

Description

Expands use of videoconferencing to purely advisory bodies.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-06-05 — COMMITTED TO RULES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • James Skoufisprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-06-05

    COMMITTED TO RULES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-03-12

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  3. 2026-03-11

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  4. 2026-03-10

    1ST REPORT CAL.525

  5. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-06-13

    COMMITTED TO RULES

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-02-05

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  8. 2025-02-04

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  9. 2025-02-03

    1ST REPORT CAL.243

  10. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Investigations And Government Operations Vote

    2025-02-03 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Siela Bynoe: yes
    • Stephen T. Chan: yes
    • Cordell Cleare: yes
    • Brad Hoylman-Sigal: yes
    • Rachel May: yes
    • James Skoufis: yes
    • Thomas F. O'Mara: yes

  • Investigations And Government Operations Vote

    2026-03-10 · pass · 6-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Erik Bottcher: yes
    • Siela Bynoe: yes
    • Cordell Cleare: yes
    • Rachel May: yes
    • James Skoufis: yes
    • Thomas F. O'Mara: yes
    • Stephen T. Chan: no

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 9010not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 2329

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S647?summary=&detail=

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