republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/a-4677.md

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Bill	Prohibits agencies from charging a fee for records where an electronic copy is already available from a previous request made within the past six months	Prohibits agencies from charging a fee for records where an electronic copy is already available from a previous request made within the past six months; requires that fees be apportioned equally among requestors when more than one request is made for identical records before such request has been fulfilled.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2021-2022	A 4677	New York A 4677 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	PAULIN	2	23	3	2021-02-04	2022-12-23	openstates	ocd-bill/1c6a2076-07b0-4bb6-8e08-6bfc9cda13dd	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A4677	7e6ced33db10ffd0ffcca486c32a01a6ea52732be33b3444067016fb41f760df	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York A 4677 (2021-2022) — Prohibits agencies from charging a fee for records where an electronic copy is already available from a previous request made within the past six months

Prohibits agencies from charging a fee for records where an electronic copy is already available from a previous request made within the past six months; requires that fees be apportioned equally among requestors when more than one request is made for identical records before such request has been fulfilled.

Version chain

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

1. A4677 (committee substitute) — source
2. A4677A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Floor Vote - Version: A — 61–0 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — 147–0 (pass) · lower
• Assembly Vote — 147–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• PAULIN — primary (person)
• GALEF — cosponsor (person)
• GALLAGHER — cosponsor (person)
• JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
• SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-04 REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS referral-committee
• 2021-05-07 AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-05-07 PRINT NUMBER 4677A amendment-passage
• 2021-05-19 REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2021-06-01 REPORTED
• 2021-06-01 RULES REPORT CAL.180
• 2021-06-01 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.180
• 2021-06-01 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2021-06-01 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2021-06-01 REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2022-01-05 DIED IN SENATE
• 2022-01-05 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2022-01-05 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.154
• 2022-02-01 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2022-02-01 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2022-02-01 REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS referral-committee
• 2022-05-23 SUBSTITUTED FOR S4863A
• 2022-05-23 3RD READING CAL.794
• 2022-05-23 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2022-05-23 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2022-12-12 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2022-12-23 SIGNED CHAP.745 executive-signature
• 2022-12-23 APPROVAL MEMO.60

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1c6a2076-07b0-4bb6-8e08-6bfc9cda13dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).