---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides that each state agency that maintains a website shall ensure its website provides for online submission of requests for records subject to FOIL"
description: "Provides that each state agency that maintains a website shall ensure its website provides for online submission of requests for records subject to FOIL."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 7431"
citation: "New York S 7431 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MURPHY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63aa69f2-794c-4514-9a84-7524044ac31f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S7431"
source_hash: "912bc9458f6b76ca6e4c36a2af86e11e6e37ae4a3608577f6deecda8f7f7495e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 7431 (2017-2018) — Provides that each state agency that maintains a website shall ensure its website provides for online submission of requests for records subject to FOIL

Provides that each state agency that maintains a website shall ensure its website provides for online submission of requests for records subject to FOIL.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S7431 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7431&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S7431 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S7431)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **135–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- MURPHY — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-18** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** 1ST REPORT CAL.365
- **2018-02-05** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2018-02-06** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2018-03-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-03-13** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-03-13** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2131
- **2018-03-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.157
- **2018-03-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-03-14** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2018-04-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-18** SIGNED CHAP.47 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63aa69f2-794c-4514-9a84-7524044ac31f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).