NY S 1418

passed one chamber

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

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 1418 pass?

Not yet. NY S 1418 has passed one chamber and awaits action in the other as of 2026-05-29. Latest recorded action (2026-05-29): REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

What is NY S 1418 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 S 1418?

John Liu is the primary sponsor of NY S 1418, joined by 9 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: —
Latest action: 2026-05-29 — REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-01-09
REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
referral-committee
2025-03-05
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
amendment-passage,referral-committee
2025-03-05
PRINT NUMBER 1418A
amendment-passage
2025-04-07
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
referral-committee
2025-05-20
1ST REPORT CAL.1214
2025-05-21
2ND REPORT CAL.
2025-05-22
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2025-05-28
PASSED SENATE
passage
2025-05-28
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2025-05-28
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
referral-committee
2026-01-07
DIED IN ASSEMBLY
2026-01-07
RETURNED TO SENATE
2026-01-07
REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
referral-committee
2026-02-10
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
referral-committee
2026-05-12
1ST REPORT CAL.1041
2026-05-13
2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-05-14
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-05-29
PASSED SENATE
passage
2026-05-29
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2026-05-29
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
referral-committee

Versions

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Documents

Votes

Investigations And Government Operations Vote - Version: A
2025-04-07 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Siela Bynoe: yes
- Stephen T. Chan: yes
- Cordell Cleare: yes
- Brad Hoylman-Sigal: yes
- Rachel May: yes
- Thomas F. O'Mara: yes
- James Skoufis: yes
Finance Vote - Version: A
2025-05-20 · pass · 22-0
Member-level votes (22)
- Jamaal Bailey: yes
- Leroy Comrie: yes
- Jeremy Cooney: yes
- Patrick M. Gallivan: yes
- Andrew Gounardes: yes
- Joseph A. Griffo: yes
- Michelle Hinchey: yes
- Liz Krueger: yes
- John Liu: yes
- Shelley Mayer: yes
- Peter Oberacker: yes
- Kevin S. Parker: yes
- Jessica Ramos: yes
- Gustavo Rivera: yes
- Julia Salazar: yes
- Luis R. Sepúlveda: yes
- James Skoufis: yes
- Toby Ann Stavisky: yes
- William Weber: yes
- George Borrello: yes
- Pamela Helming: yes
- Thomas F. O'Mara: yes
Floor Vote - Version: A
2025-05-28 · pass · 56-5
Member-level votes (63)
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.: yes
- Jake Ashby: yes
- Jamaal Bailey: yes
- April Baskin: yes
- Jabari Brisport: yes
- Samra Brouk: yes
- Siela Bynoe: yes
- Stephen T. Chan: yes
- Cordell Cleare: yes
- Leroy Comrie: yes
- Jeremy Cooney: yes
- Patricia Fahy: yes
- Nathalia Fernandez: yes
- Patrick M. Gallivan: yes
- Michael Gianaris: yes
- Kristen Gonzalez: yes
- Andrew Gounardes: yes
- Joseph A. Griffo: yes
- Pete Harckham: yes
- Pamela Helming: yes
- Michelle Hinchey: yes
- Brad Hoylman-Sigal: yes
- Robert Jackson: yes
- Brian Kavanagh: yes
- Liz Krueger: yes
- Andrew J. Lanza: yes
- John Liu: yes
- Mario Mattera: yes
- Rachel May: yes
- Shelley Mayer: yes
- Dean Murray: yes
- Thomas F. O'Mara: yes
- Peter Oberacker: yes
- Robert Ortt: yes
- Anthony H. Palumbo: yes
- Kevin S. Parker: yes
- Roxanne J. Persaud: yes
- Jessica Ramos: yes
- Gustavo Rivera: yes
- Robert Rolison: yes
- Christopher Ryan: yes
- Sean Ryan: yes
- Julia Salazar: yes
- James Sanders Jr.: yes
- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton: yes
- Luis R. Sepúlveda: yes
- José M. Serrano: yes
- James Skoufis: yes
- Toby Ann Stavisky: yes
- Dan Stec: yes
- Andrea Stewart-Cousins: yes
- Sam Sutton: yes
- James Tedisco: yes
- Lea Webb: yes
- William Weber: yes
- Alexis Weik: yes
- George Borrello: no
- Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick: no
- Monica Martinez: no
- Steve Rhoads: no
- Mark Walczyk: no
- Jack M. Martins: excused
- Zellnor Myrie: excused
Investigations And Government Operations Vote - Version: A
2026-02-10 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Erik Bottcher: yes
- Siela Bynoe: yes
- Stephen T. Chan: yes
- Cordell Cleare: yes
- Rachel May: yes
- Thomas F. O'Mara: yes
- James Skoufis: yes
Finance Vote - Version: A
2026-05-12 · pass · 20-0
Member-level votes (22)
- Jamaal Bailey: yes
- Leroy Comrie: yes
- Jeremy Cooney: yes
- Patrick M. Gallivan: yes
- Andrew Gounardes: yes
- Michelle Hinchey: yes
- John Liu: yes
- Shelley Mayer: yes
- Kevin S. Parker: yes
- Jessica Ramos: yes
- Gustavo Rivera: yes
- Julia Salazar: yes
- Luis R. Sepúlveda: yes
- James Skoufis: yes
- Toby Ann Stavisky: yes
- William Weber: yes
- George Borrello: yes
- Joseph A. Griffo: yes
- Pamela Helming: yes
- Thomas F. O'Mara: yes
- Liz Krueger: excused
- Peter Oberacker: absent
Floor Vote - Version: A
2026-05-29 · pass · 52-6
Member-level votes (63)
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.: yes
- Jake Ashby: yes
- Jamaal Bailey: yes
- April Baskin: yes
- Erik Bottcher: yes
- Jabari Brisport: yes
- Siela Bynoe: yes
- Stephen T. Chan: yes
- Cordell Cleare: yes
- Leroy Comrie: yes
- Jeremy Cooney: yes
- Patricia Fahy: yes
- Nathalia Fernandez: yes
- Patrick M. Gallivan: yes
- Michael Gianaris: yes
- Kristen Gonzalez: yes
- Joseph A. Griffo: yes
- Pete Harckham: yes
- Pamela Helming: yes
- Michelle Hinchey: yes
- Robert Jackson: yes
- Brian Kavanagh: yes
- Liz Krueger: yes
- Andrew J. Lanza: yes
- John Liu: yes
- Mario Mattera: yes
- Rachel May: yes
- Shelley Mayer: yes
- Dean Murray: yes
- Thomas F. O'Mara: yes
- Peter Oberacker: yes
- Robert Ortt: yes
- Anthony H. Palumbo: yes
- Kevin S. Parker: yes
- Roxanne J. Persaud: yes
- Jessica Ramos: yes
- Gustavo Rivera: yes
- Robert Rolison: yes
- Christopher Ryan: yes
- Julia Salazar: yes
- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton: yes
- Luis R. Sepúlveda: yes
- José M. Serrano: yes
- James Skoufis: yes
- Toby Ann Stavisky: yes
- Dan Stec: yes
- Andrea Stewart-Cousins: yes
- James Tedisco: yes
- Lea Webb: yes
- William Weber: yes
- Alexis Weik: yes
- Jeremy Zellner: yes
- George Borrello: no
- Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick: no
- Monica Martinez: no
- Jack M. Martins: no
- Steve Rhoads: no
- Mark Walczyk: no
- Samra Brouk: excused
- Andrew Gounardes: excused
- Zellnor Myrie: excused
- James Sanders Jr.: excused
- Sam Sutton: excused

Related bills

Prior session: S 5801not in this corpus
Companion bill: A 950

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S1418?summary=&detail=

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