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NY A02321
Bill
Status
3/17/2025
Primary Sponsor
John McDonald
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AI Summary
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Requires all state agencies to submit annual logs of Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests to the Committee on Open Government, covering all requests received or pending during a 12-month period
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Mandates detailed tracking data for each FOIL request including: requestor name and affiliation, request subject, key dates (receipt, acknowledgment, response), whether granted/denied, exemptions cited, fees collected, documents produced, and any redactions
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Requires tracking of appeals and Article 78 court proceedings related to FOIL requests, including outcomes, attorney fees assessed, and settlement information
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Requires municipal agencies to submit only basic annual data (total requests received and closed) beginning no earlier than January 1, 2027, with a report due by January 1, 2028 on the feasibility of expanding municipal reporting requirements
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Mandates the Committee on Open Government publish all FOIL logs on a single webpage in machine-readable format by January 1 each year, with data also published on data.ny.gov
Legislative Description
Requires all agencies to submit to the committee on open government a log of all freedom of information law requests for each year in which they received or have pending a request for records; requires the committee on open government to publish, on one webpage, all freedom of information law request logs it receives.
Last Action
ordered to third reading cal.84
1/7/2026