---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to municipal websites"
description: "Removes requirements for certain smaller municipalities to maintain official websites."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 783"
citation: "New York S 783 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Skoufis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58528a3a-7121-4102-91d4-44b8a7f927e7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S783"
source_hash: "17703c5b27dc61446d40361a7718ee5a4bf6709065a756c4179e696065d05d0a"
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 783 (2025-2026) — Relates to municipal websites

Removes requirements for certain smaller municipalities to maintain official websites.

## Version chain

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

1. **S783** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S783&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **125–18** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **53–8** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Skoufis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.57
- **2025-02-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-02-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-02-10** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3923
- **2025-02-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.100
- **2025-02-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-02-26** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-02-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-28** SIGNED CHAP.97 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58528a3a-7121-4102-91d4-44b8a7f927e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).