Requires state agencies to make available all public documents in a digital format on their website

Latest action Mar 19, 2026

Requires state agencies to make available all public documents in a digital format on their website in a manner that allows such documents to be printed; provides that no document required by law to remain confidential shall be deemed a public document.

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Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A2573, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Amends the New York State Printing and Public Documents Law.

Committee

Finance · New York State Senate

Also referred to Governmental Operations · New York State Assembly.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

The purpose of this bill is to reduce the number of bills, reports, digests, records and various documents printed by the New York State Legislature and establish a process to make these documents available electronically through the websites of the New York State Senate, Assem- bly and State Agencies.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Cosponsors

Marianne Buttenschon, Nader Sayegh and 2 more on Agora

Democratic4

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why James Tedisco says this is needed

In the past, we have evolved and made changes to avoid printing out so many documents as the Legislature. For example, in 2014, voters approved a constitutional amendment that allows for the legislature to go paper- less by removing the requirement that bills be printed and placed on lawmakers' desks. Years later, this shift remains a success. By elimi- nating automatic bill printing and having all legislation and annual reports available on a digital format, we likely saved taxpayers millions of dollars while keeping these documents easily accessible for viewing from a laptop or mobile device. Unarguably, this is the next logical step we need to take. This legislation requires state agencies to make public documents available online, in a manner that they may be printed if desired, but they will not be required to be printed, there- fore eliminating waste and preserving resources.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

Mar 19, 2026
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO SENATE
NY Assembly
Mar 19, 2026
Passed a chamber
PASSED ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Mar 19, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO FINANCE
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Died in Senate
DIED IN SENATE
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Ordered to Third Reading CAL.93
ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.93
NY Assembly

Show full history (8 earlier events)

Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO FINANCE
NY Senate
Mar 17, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO SENATE
NY Assembly
Mar 17, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Mar 17, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO FINANCE
NY Senate
Mar 13, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading CAL.56
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.56
NY Assembly
Mar 11, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED
NY Assembly
Jan 17, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
NY Assembly
Jan 15, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO FINANCE
NY Senate

About this record

Summary: The summary comes from NY Open Legislation, the New York State Senate's public record. For more, see How we handle summaries.
Cosponsors: The list shows the cosponsors who are on Agora, A to Z. The official record may list more.
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