New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A2321: Relates to requiring agencies to report information about FOIL inquiries to the committee on open government
Status: In committee, June 4, 2026
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.
What the bill says
An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring agencies to report information about FOIL inquiries to the committee on open government.
From the amended text, June 1, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring agencies to report information about FOIL inquiries to the committee on open government THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 90 of the public officers law is renumbered section 90-a and a new section 90 is added to read as follows: § 90. FOIL REQUEST REPORTING. 1. ALL AGENCIES THAT PERFORM GOVERNMENTAL OR PROPRIETARY FUNCTIONS FOR THE STATE SUBJECT TO THIS ARTICLE SHALL, FOR EACH YEAR IN WHICH THEY RECEIVED OR HAVE PENDING A REQUEST FOR RECORDS UNDER THIS ARTICLE, SUBMIT TO THE COMMITTEE ON OPEN GOVERNMENT THEIR LOG OF ALL SUCH FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW REQUESTS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, PENDING SHALL MEAN REQUESTS THAT WERE OPEN AT ANY POINT DURING THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD, INCLUDING THOSE FIRST SUBMITTED IN PRIOR YEARS. THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LAW REQUEST LOGS SHALL: (A) COVER A TWELVE-MONTH RANGE OF DATES AS PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMITTEE ON OPEN GOVERNMENT AND SHALL INCLUDE DATA REGARDING ALL REQUESTS RECEIVED OR PENDING DURING THAT RANGE OF DATES; (B) BE SUBMITTED ON A SCHEDULE PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMITTEE ON OPEN GOVERNMENT; (C) BE IN A MACHINE-READABLE, TABULAR SPREADSHEET FORMAT PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMITTEE ON OPEN GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO …
Sponsors
- John McDonald (D, 108) · primary sponsor
- Jo Simon (D, 52)
- Anna Kelles (D, 125)
- Karen McMahon (D, 146)
- Harvey Epstein (D, 74)
- Tony Simone (D, 75)
- Noah Burroughs (D, 18)
- Catalina Cruz (D, 39)
- Karines Reyes (D, 87)
- Nader Sayegh (D, 90)
- William Colton (D, 47)
- Steven Otis (D, 91)
Latest actions
- : COMMITTED TO RULES
- : RETURNED TO SENATE
- : REPASSED ASSEMBLY
- : AMENDED ON THIRD READING 2321A
- : VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- : RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- : RECALLED FROM SENATE
- : REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
- : DELIVERED TO SENATE
- : PASSED ASSEMBLY
Votes
- Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage (June 4, 2026): 139 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage (March 19, 2026): 136 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Public Officers Law
Common questions
- What is A2321?
- A2321 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Relates to requiring agencies to report information about FOIL inquiries to the committee on open government.
- What does A2321 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to requiring agencies to report information about FOIL inquiries to the committee on open government.
- What is the status of A2321?
- In committee as of June 4, 2026. Latest action: COMMITTED TO RULES (June 4, 2026).
- Who sponsored A2321?
- John McDonald (D, 108), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for A2321?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A2321
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