S 9739 NY
Relates to requiring agencies to report information about FOIL inquiries to the committee on open government
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Summary
This bill would require all state agencies to submit to the Committee on Open Government a log of all Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests for each year in which they received or have pending such requests. The Committee on Open Government would be required to publish all the FOIL request logs it receives on a single publicly accessible webpage. The measure would create a centralized, transparent record of FOIL requests across state government.
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Official abstract
Requires all agencies to submit to the committee on open government a log of all freedom of information law requests for each year in which they received or have pending a request for records; requires the committee on open government to publish, on one webpage, all freedom of information law request logs it receives.
Sponsor (1)
- Brian Kavanagh Democratic · primary
Action history (3)
- Apr 2, 2026 REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS · upper
- Jun 1, 2026 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS · upper
- Jun 1, 2026 PRINT NUMBER 9739A · upper
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