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NY A03438
Bill
Status
1/27/2025
Primary Sponsor
Angelo Santabarbara
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AI Summary
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Requires all New York State executive branch agencies that fund direct research to develop public access policies for research results
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Mandates that final peer-reviewed manuscripts from state-funded research be submitted to the funding agency and made freely available online within 12 months of publication
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Requires agencies to maintain an online bibliography of all publicly accessible research papers with links to free full-text versions
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Excludes from the policy: conference presentations, preliminary notes and data, classified research, revenue-generating works, patentable discoveries, and research not submitted to or rejected by peer-reviewed journals
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Requires annual reports by December 1st to the Governor, Assembly Speaker, and Senate Temporary President on policy effectiveness and lists of published and accessible papers
Legislative Description
Enacts the "taxpayer access to publicly funded research act"; defines terms; requires each agency that provides funding for direct research shall develop a public access policy.
Last Action
referred to governmental operations
1/7/2026