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A 578: Requires public bodies to post video recordings of open meetings on their websites within five days of such meetings; requires such recordings be maintained for a period of five years.
What A 578 does, verified November 15, 2025
The bill aims to require public bodies to post video recordings of their open meetings to the public. It amends the Public Officers Law to mandate that public bodies broadcast their open meetings to the public and maintain video recordings of these meetings. The bill requires public bodies to stream their open meetings on their websites in real-time, if they have the necessary technology, and to post video recordings of the meetings on their websites within five business days. The recordings must be maintained for at least five years. The bill defines "agency" and "authority" to clarify which types of public bodies are covered under the new requirements.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: enacting clause stricken (2025-11-14)Alert me
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| Nov. 14, 2025 | enacting clause stricken |
| Jan. 08, 2025 | referred to governmental operations |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 369 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 578 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring public bodies to post video recordings of open meetings The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision (f) of section 103 of the public officers law, 2 as amended by chapter 319 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 (f) Open meetings of [an agency or authority] a public body shall be, 5 to the extent practicable and within available funds, broadcast to the 6 public and maintained as records of the [agency or authority] public 7 body. If the [agency or authority] public body maintains a website and 8 utilizes a high speed internet connection, such open meeting shall be, 9 to the extent practicable and within available funds, streamed on or 10 available through such website in real-time, and video recording of such 11 open meeting shall be posted on such website within five business days 12 of the meeting and for a reasonable time after the meeting and such 13 recordings shall be maintained for a period of not less than five years. 14 [For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "agency" shall mean only15a state department, board, bureau, division, council or office and any16public corporation the majority of whose members are appointed by the17governor. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "authority" shall18mean a public authority or public benefit corporation created by or19existing under any state law, at least one of whose members is appointed20by the governor (including any subsidiaries of such public authority or21public benefit corporation), other than an interstate or international22authority or public benefit corporation.] 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02376-01-5
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