Bill Sponsors: NY S01689 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly

Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-13 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S01689 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Senator Rachel May [D]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-048FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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