ALBANY – The state Senate OK’d a bill Tuesday that would legalize cameras in courtrooms — as the much-anticipated hush-money trial of ex-President Donald Trump looms.

New York’s Assembly still must pass the proposed legislation, and even so, trial judges would ultimately decide whether to allow cameras in their courtroom, but the legislation would at least allow the possibility and make the argument for them easier.

“Media will gain the right to bring microphones and cameras into trial and appellate New York State courtrooms with appropriate discretion afforded to judges to protect witnesses in sensitive cases and ensure proceedings are not disrupted,” state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal (D-Manhattan) said at an Albany press conference Tuesday.

New York would join a vast majority of states that allow video and audio recording at the discretion of individual judges if the proposed legislation passes the state Senate and Assembly before being signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul.

The proposal first has to get past hurdles in the Assembly related to mitigating disruptions that might happen after loosening rules on the media within courtrooms.

“There’s not a complete buy-in, I’ll be honest,” Hoylman-Sigal said of Assembly colleagues. “Yet, we’re having conversations, and we’re looking at perhaps narrowing the bill to meet their opinions.”

The state Senate would have to approve an amended bill if a deal gets struck.

Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Queens) declined to give specifics when reached by The Post as he continues efforts to wrangle colleagues on the bill, which has yet to move out of the Assembly’s Judiciary Committee.

Judiciary Chair Jeffrey Dinowitz (D-Bronx) did not respond to a request for comment on where he stood on the legislation.

Televising trials has sparked controversy over the years – most notably during the murder trial of former NFL star OJ Simpson in the 1990s.

But Hoylman-Sigal and Weprin are making the case that their bill can find a middle ground between sensationalizing proceedings and satiating public curiosity on top cases such as Trump’s, who was indicted weeks ago in Manhattan for alleged fraud, which Trump denies, related to a hush money payment to a porn actress. His trial is set to begin early next year.

“The public has the right to observe judicial proceedings. This legislation to permit audio-visual coverage of judicial proceedings will increase court accessibility while permitting reasonable restrictions considerate to the needs of witnesses,” a bill memo states.