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Home/Bills/S 7053New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
Senate BillPassed first houseCNT

S 7053: Authorizes counties to post local laws and notices via the internet where such county doesn't have a newspaper published within the county.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified May 13, 2026

What S 7053 does, verified May 13, 2026

The proposed law allows counties to post legal notices and local laws on the internet instead of in a newspaper. This exemption applies to counties without a newspaper published within the county. Counties can publish local laws and notices through an official website or a state-run digital platform. The law takes effect immediately.

Bill journey
✓IntroducedComplete
✓In CommitteeComplete
✓First Chamber FloorComplete
4Second ChamberCurrent
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to local governments (2026-05-11)Alert me
Quick answers about S 7053
What is the current status of S 7053?
As of May 13, 2026, S 7053 is recorded as "Passed first house": it has passed the chamber it started in and is now before the second chamber. The last recorded action, on May 11, 2026, was "referred to local governments".
Did S 7053 pass?
Not yet. S 7053 has passed its house of origin and is now before the second chamber, where it needs committee approval and a floor vote.
Who wrote S 7053, and where is it now?
S 7053 was authored by Sen. Lea Webb. Its committee of record is Assembly Local Government. It is filed under CNT, alongside 26 other New York CNT bills this session.
Author and sponsors
Sen. Lea WebbAuthor · New York State Senate
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Recent actions15 total · showing 5
May. 11, 2026referred to local governments
May. 11, 2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
May. 11, 2026PASSED SENATE
Apr. 27, 2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Apr. 22, 20262ND REPORT CAL.
Full action history, 10 earlier actionsConnect Plus
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 31, 2025 · 212 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7053 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE March 31, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to authorizing counties to post legal notices and local laws via the internet The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 214 of the county law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 4 to read as follows: 3 4. Exemption. The provisions herein requiring the designation of a 4 newspaper for official notices for local laws, notices and other matters 5 required by law to be published as required in subdivision two of this 6 section shall not apply where a county does not have a newspaper 7 published within the county. Such county shall be authorized to publish 8 local laws and notices through an official county website or other 9 state-run digital platform. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11363-01-5
Text of S 7053 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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