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NY S 4693

in committee

Relates to taxpayer publicly funded research

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 4693 pass?

Not yet. NY S 4693 is in committee as of 2026-03-24 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-03-24): REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

What is NY S 4693 about?

Enacts the "taxpayer access to publicly funded research act"; defines terms; requires each agency that provides funding for direct research shall develop a public access policy.

Who sponsors NY S 4693?

Cordell Cleare is the primary sponsor of NY S 4693, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Enacts the "taxpayer access to publicly funded research act"; defines terms; requires each agency that provides funding for direct research shall develop a public access policy.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-03-24 — REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Cordell Cleareprimary
  • Siela Bynoecosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-11

    REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-03-24

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Investigations And Government Operations Vote

    2026-03-24 · pass · 7-0

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

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 6562not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 3438

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S4693?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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