A 581: Requires public bodies to make reasonable efforts to ensure that proceedings of meetings are audible for individuals in person and via broadcast and to provide audio visual equipment as necessary.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 581 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- 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 ensure that proceedings of meetings are audible for individ- uals in person and via broadcast The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 103 of the public officers law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision (g) to read as follows: 3 (g) Public bodies shall make or cause to be made reasonable efforts to 4 ensure that proceedings of meetings are audible to those individuals who 5 attend such meetings in person or via broadcast by providing audiovisual 6 equipment, including but not limited to microphones and speakers to 7 ensure that individuals in attendance as well as individuals watching 8 via broadcast can adequately hear the proceedings of the meeting. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02375-01-5