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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 2321: Relates to requiring agencies to report information about FOIL inquiries to the committee on open government

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 2321 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to requiring agencies to report information about FOIL inquiries to the committee on open government. Primary sponsor: John McDonald (Democratic). It lists 13 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 4, 2026): COMMITTED TO RULES.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 11 · Democratic/Working Families 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
John McDonaldPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse108
Noah BurroughsCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse18
William ColtonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Catalina CruzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse39
Harvey EpsteinCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Anna KellesCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse125
Grace LeeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Karen McMahonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse146
Steve OtisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Karines ReyesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse87
Nader SayeghCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Tony SimoneCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse75
Phil SteckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse110

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. COMMITTED TO RULES
  2. RETURNED TO SENATE
  3. REPASSED ASSEMBLY
  4. AMENDED ON THIRD READING 2321A
  5. VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
  6. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
  7. RECALLED FROM SENATE
  8. REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
  9. DELIVERED TO SENATE
  10. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  11. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.84
  12. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

Showing 12 most recent of 19 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source