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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 455: Lowers quorum requirements for meetings of community boards held by videoconferencing

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

S 455 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Lowers quorum requirements for meetings of community boards held by videoconferencing. Primary sponsor: Brad Hoylman-Sigal. Most recent recorded action (June 9, 2025): REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS.

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.

Provides that, for a quorum, an advisory board may require that at a minimum, one quarter of the members and the presiding officer of a community board physically be present at a location where the public can attend for such board to conduct videoconferencing.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Brad Hoylman-SigalPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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. REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
  2. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1519
  5. COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
  6. PRINT NUMBER 455A
  7. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
  8. REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Sources

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