Senate Bill S571

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to restrictions on political contributions by lobbyists

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Ethics And Internal Governance Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S571 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Ethics And Internal Governance
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Ren §§1-u & 1-v to be §§1-w & 1-x, add §§1-u & 1-v, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S4546
2011-2012: S37
2013-2014: S199
2015-2016: S156
2017-2018: S2029, S7106
2019-2020: S2321
2021-2022: S2810

2023-S571 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Restricts form, amount and time of political contributions by lobbyists and the acceptance of such contributions by public officials.

2023-S571 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S571 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    571
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. KAVANAGH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Ethics and Internal Gover-
   nance
 
 AN ACT to amend the legislative law,  in  relation  to  restrictions  on
   political contributions from lobbyists
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Sections 1-u and 1-v of the legislative law, section 1-v as
 relettered by chapter 1 of the laws of 2005, are renumbered sections 1-w
 and 1-x and two new sections 1-u and 1-v are added to read as follows:
   § 1-U. RESTRICTIONS ON POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY LOBBYISTS. A  LOBBY-
 IST  SHALL NOT SOLICIT, MAKE OR TRANSMIT A CONTRIBUTION OR A REQUEST FOR
 A CONTRIBUTION FROM OR TO ANY PERSON, INCLUDING  A  POLITICAL  COMMITTEE
 FOR THE BENEFIT OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR PARTY COMMITTEE, FOR ELECTION TO
 ANY  STATE  OR  MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OFFICE; EXCEPT THAT A LOBBYIST MAY
 MAKE A POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION UP TO TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS PER CANDI-
 DATE PER ELECTION; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT FOR STATE LEVEL  PUBLIC  OFFI-
 CIALS,  SUCH CONTRIBUTION MAY ONLY BE MADE BETWEEN JULY FIRST AND DECEM-
 BER THIRTY-FIRST.
   § 1-V. RESTRICTIONS ON ACCEPTANCE OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY PUBLIC
 OFFICIALS. A PUBLIC OFFICIAL SHALL NOT  KNOWINGLY  ACCEPT,  SOLICIT,  OR
 TRANSMIT  A  CONTRIBUTION OR A REQUEST FOR A CONTRIBUTION FOR HIMSELF OR
 HERSELF OR ANY PUBLIC OFFICIAL, POLITICAL COMMITTEE, OR  CANDIDATE  FROM
 OR  ON  BEHALF  OF ANY LOBBYIST REGULATED BY THIS ARTICLE, EXCEPT THAT A
 PUBLIC OFFICIAL MAY ACCEPT POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS FROM A  LOBBYIST,  UP
 TO  TWO  HUNDRED  FIFTY DOLLARS PER ELECTION; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT FOR
 STATE LEVEL PUBLIC OFFICIALS, SUCH CONTRIBUTION MAY ONLY BE MADE BETWEEN
 JULY FIRST AND DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02003-01-3

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