---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires boards of visitors provide greater transparency to the public regarding such boards' activities"
description: "Requires boards of visitors provide greater transparency to the public regarding such boards' activities including when it meets and providing materials to the public."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 9246"
citation: "New York S 9246 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Mannion"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-05-07"
last_action: "2024-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17a502fd-069e-42fb-b126-b701e12ef560"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S9246"
source_hash: "069e4726299277e73ea91777d54adf33878b2da72df47b74b971664f9622ac21"
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 9246 (2023-2024) — Requires boards of visitors provide greater transparency to the public regarding such boards' activities

Requires boards of visitors provide greater transparency to the public regarding such boards' activities including when it meets and providing materials to the public.

## Version chain

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

1. **S9246** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9246&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Disabilities Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Mannion — primary (person)
- William Weber — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-07** REFERRED TO DISABILITIES `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-13** 1ST REPORT CAL.1014
- **2024-05-14** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-05-15** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-04** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-04** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10384
- **2024-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.517
- **2024-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-06** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.524 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17a502fd-069e-42fb-b126-b701e12ef560`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).