S 9558: Authorizes municipalities to post legal notices on their official municipal websites in lieu of publishing such notices in a newspaper.
What S 9558 does, verified March 29, 2026
The Local Government Notice Modernization and Transparency Act aims to modernize and increase transparency in local government notice procedures. The bill allows municipalities to post legal notices on their official websites in lieu of publishing them in newspapers when required by state or local law. To authorize website posting, a municipality must enact a local law, and once enacted, the municipality must physically post notices informing the public of the change. The municipality's official website must also display a statement informing the public that notices will be posted online and for the required duration. Notices must be continuously displayed on the website for the required period. The changes take effect immediately.
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Last action: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT (2026-03-25)Alert me
Quick answers about S 9558
- What is the current status of S 9558?
- As of March 29, 2026, S 9558 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on March 25, 2026, was "REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT".
- Did S 9558 pass?
- Not yet. S 9558 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 9558, and where is it now?
- S 9558 was authored by Sen. Rachel May. Its committee of record is Senate Local Government. It is filed under GMU, alongside 13 other New York GMU bills this session.
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| Mar. 25, 2026 | REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 25, 2026 · 360 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9558 IN SENATE March 25, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to modernizing and increasing the transparency of local government notice procedures The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act may be cited as the "local govern- 2 ment notice modernization and transparency act". 3 § 2. Section 300 of the general municipal law is amended by adding a 4 new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 5 3. a. A municipality may authorize the posting of legal notices on its 6 official municipal website in lieu of publishing such notices in a news- 7 paper when such publication is otherwise required by state or local law. 8 To authorize website posting of official notices, a municipality must 9 enact a local law authorizing website notification. 10 b. Once the local law is enacted authorizing online notification of 11 official local notices in lieu of publishing legal notices in a newspa- 12 per, the municipality must physically post and maintain on an ongoing 13 basis at least three notices throughout the municipality informing the 14 public that legal notices from the municipality will only be posted on 15 the municipality's official website. In addition, the municipality's 16 official website must permanently prominently display the following 17 statement: "All legal notices required by state and local law will be 18 posted on this website in lieu of being published in a newspaper. Such 19 notices will be posted for the duration required by the applicable state 20 or local law." 21 c. Notices must be continuously prominently displayed on the munici- 22 pality's official website for the number of days the state or local law 23 requires. 24 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14943-01-6
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