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A 2573: Requires state agencies to make available all public documents in a digital format on their website in a manner that allows such documents to be printed; provides that no document required by law to remain confidential shall be deemed a public document.
What A 2573 does, verified March 19, 2026
The bill aims to require state agencies to make all public documents available in a digital format on their website. This includes documents that can be printed. The law currently requires some documents to remain confidential, but the bill excludes these documents from the requirement. The new law will take effect after a 90-day period.
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| Mar. 19, 2026 | REFERRED TO FINANCE |
| Mar. 19, 2026 | delivered to senate |
| Mar. 19, 2026 | passed assembly |
| Jan. 07, 2026 | ordered to third reading cal.93 |
| Jan. 07, 2026 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 17, 2025 · 215 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2573 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 17, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD, ROZIC, OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the New York state printing and public documents law, in relation to requiring state agencies to make available all public documents in a digital format on their website The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 12 of the New York state printing and public docu- 2 ments law is amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows: 3 5. Each state agency shall make all public documents, as defined in 4 this article, available in a digital format on its website in a manner 5 that allows such documents to be printed. Under no circumstances shall 6 any document that is required by law to remain confidential be deemed a 7 public document. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 9 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05142-01-5
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