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NY S 4050

in committee

Authorizes police agencies to charge fees for searching, copying, and mailing police agency generated records

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did NY S 4050 pass?

Not yet. NY S 4050 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO FINANCE

What is NY S 4050 about?

Authorizes police agencies to charge fees for searching, copying, and mailing police agency generated records except for where the requesting party is a victim to or was charged with the crime related to such documents.

Who sponsors NY S 4050?

James Skoufis is the primary sponsor of NY S 4050, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Authorizes police agencies to charge fees for searching, copying, and mailing police agency generated records except for where the requesting party is a victim to or was charged with the crime related to such documents.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO FINANCE
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • James Skoufisprimary
  • Kevin S. Parkercosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO FINANCE

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-01-31

    REFERRED TO FINANCE

    referral-committee

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 1629not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1820not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2864not in this corpus

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https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S4050?summary=&detail=

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