Bill Commons

NY S 1689

in committee

Provides press access to open meetings of an agency or authority and requires notice of such meetings to local governments

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 1689 pass?

Not yet. NY S 1689 is in committee as of 2026-03-02 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-03-02): RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN

What is NY S 1689 about?

Defines "professional journalist"; provides press access to open meanings of an agency or authority; prohibits the adoption of policies or rules restricting such access; requires notice of such meetings to local governments.

Who sponsors NY S 1689?

Rachel May is the primary sponsor of NY S 1689.

Description

Defines "professional journalist"; provides press access to open meanings of an agency or authority; prohibits the adoption of policies or rules restricting such access; requires notice of such meetings to local governments.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-03-02 — RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Rachel Mayprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-13

    REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-03-02

    RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 7379not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4416not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1253not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S1689?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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