S 3725: Requires agency payroll records be made available.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 8, 2026

What S 3725 does, verified January 8, 2026

The proposed law aims to increase transparency in state government by making agency payroll records available to the public. Each state agency is required to maintain and make available their payroll records, regardless of other provisions in the Public Officers Law. This change will provide the public with more access to information about state employees' salaries and compensation. The law will take effect six months after it becomes a law.

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Last action: REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS (2026-01-07)Alert me

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Sen. Andrew LanzaAuthor · New York State Senate

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Jan. 07, 2026	REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
Jan. 29, 2025	REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 29, 2025 · 173 words

    STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3725 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 29, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to making agency payroll records available The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 3 of section 87 of the 2 public officers law, as added by chapter 933 of the laws of 1977, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 [Each] Notwithstanding any other provision in this article, each agen- 5 cy shall maintain and make available: 6 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 7 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07486-01-5

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