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NY A 5008

in committee

Relates to the ability of government agencies in New York to claim copyright protection

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 5008 pass?

Not yet. NY A 5008 is in committee as of 2026-04-23 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-04-23): ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.354

What is NY A 5008 about?

Waives the ability of government agencies in New York to claim copyright protection except where the record reflects artistic, creative or scholarly works of authorship, academic course materials, or scientific or academic research, or if the copyright owner intends to distribute the record of derivative work based on it to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership.

Who sponsors NY A 5008?

Steven Raga is the primary sponsor of NY A 5008, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Waives the ability of government agencies in New York to claim copyright protection except where the record reflects artistic, creative or scholarly works of authorship, academic course materials, or scientific or academic research, or if the copyright owner intends to distribute the record of derivative work based on it to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-04-23 — ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.354
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Steven Ragaprimary
  • Rebecca Seawrightcosponsor
  • Jo Anne Simoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-10

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-04-21

    REPORTED

  4. 2026-04-23

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.354

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

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  • Prior session: A 2401not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 5636not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 4499not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 4453not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 10193

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A5008?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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