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NY S 7311

in committee

Prohibits executive sessions for the appointment of elected office

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 7311 pass?

Not yet. NY S 7311 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

What is NY S 7311 about?

Prohibits public bodies from conducting an executive session where the subject to be considered relates to the appointment of an elected member or officer to fill a vacancy in an elected office of such public body, including interviews of prospective appointees and related discussions.

Who sponsors NY S 7311?

Shelley Mayer is the primary sponsor of NY S 7311.

Description

Prohibits public bodies from conducting an executive session where the subject to be considered relates to the appointment of an elected member or officer to fill a vacancy in an elected office of such public body, including interviews of prospective appointees and related discussions.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Shelley Mayerprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-04-09

    REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

Versions

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 8304not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 2788not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 534

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S7311?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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