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Home/Bills/A 566New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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A 566: Requires the estimated cost of mandated expenditures and appropriations within the body of the bill.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 10, 2026

What A 566 does, verified January 10, 2026

The proposed law aims to increase transparency in the state's legislative process by requiring bills that mandate expenditures or appropriations to include an estimated cost in the bill itself. This change will help lawmakers and the public better understand the potential financial impact of proposed legislation. The law will take effect on January 1st of the following year after it is passed.

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1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to governmental operations (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Brian MillerAngelo MorinelloStephen HawleyDavid McDonoughEdward RaPhilip PalmesanoKarl BrabenecChris TagueMatthew SimpsonMichael DursoJosh Jensen
Recent actions2 total · showing 2
Jan. 07, 2026referred to governmental operations
Jan. 08, 2025referred to governmental operations
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 212 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 566 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WALSH, MILLER, MORINELLO, HAWLEY, McDONOUGH, RA, PALMESANO, BRABENEC, TAGUE, SIMPSON, DURSO, JENSEN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ANGELINO, BLANKENBUSH, DeSTEFANO, GALLAHAN, MANKTELOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to requiring the esti- mated cost of mandated expenditures and appropriations within the body of the bill The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 52-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 52-a. Requirements with respect to bills mandating expenditures or 4 appropriations. A bill that enacts or amends any expenditures or appro- 5 priations shall state the estimated cost of such expenditure or appro- 6 priation in the body of the bill. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 8 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02800-01-5 
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