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A 5527: Requires agencies and public employers to provide notice and a review period to employees whose personnel records have been provided pursuant to the state's freedom of information law.
What A 5527 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to improve transparency and employee rights in New York. Agencies and public employers must provide written notification to employees when a request for their personnel records has been approved. The notification must list the specific documents requested. Employees will be allowed to inspect their personnel file or any other documents referencing them as part of the request. This right to inspect does not supersede existing collective bargaining agreements or other laws. The bill takes effect thirty days after it becomes law.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to governmental operations (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5527
- What is the current status of A 5527?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 5527 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to governmental operations".
- Did A 5527 pass?
- Not yet. A 5527 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5527, and where is it now?
- A 5527 was authored by Asm. Stacey Pheffer Amato. Its committee of record is Assembly Governmental Operations.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to governmental operations |
| Feb. 14, 2025 | referred to governmental operations |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 14, 2025 · 324 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5527 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to requests for employee personnel records The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 87 of the public officers law, as 2 added by chapter 302 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows: 3 6. [All agencies subject to the requirements of this article shall4develop a policy regarding providing a notification to public employees5in the event that the agency is responding to a request for such employ-6ee's disciplinary records] (a) Every agency or public employer shall 7 provide written notification to an employee that a request for informa- 8 tion pursuant to the provisions of this article seeking such employee's 9 personnel records has been approved. The notification shall list any 10 documents requested, provided, or copied for dissemination or public 11 inspection. 12 (b) Upon official notification from the employer that a request for 13 information pursuant to the provisions of this article seeking such 14 employee's personnel records has been approved, such employee shall be 15 given the ability to inspect their personnel file or any other document 16 referencing the employee as part of the information request. This 17 section shall not be a restriction to an employee's right to inspect 18 their personnel file pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, or 19 other law. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 21 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09569-01-5
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