New York S 9557: Expands disclosure requirements for lobbyists

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S09557 Summary:

BILL NOS09557B

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SAME ASSAME AS A09559-A

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SPONSORMAYER

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§1-h & 1-j, Leg L

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Expands disclosure requirements for lobbyists to include appropriations, gubernatorial or local executive orders and tribal-state agreements.

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BILL NOS09557B

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03/25/2026REFERRED TO ETHICS AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE

04/28/20261ST REPORT CAL.827

04/29/2026AMENDED 9557A

04/29/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/04/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/05/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING 9557B

05/29/2026PASSED SENATE

05/29/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/29/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9557--B
 Cal. No. 827

 IN SENATE

 March 25, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Ethics and Internal Gover-
 nance -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first
 report, amended on first report, ordered to a second report and
 ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of second report
 -- reported favorably from said committee to third reading, amended
 and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third read-
 ing

 AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to requiring lobbyists
 to disclose their positions on bills

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision (b) of section 1-h of the legislative law, as
 2 added by chapter 2 of the laws of 1999, and paragraph 3 as amended by
 3 chapter 14 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (b) Such bi-monthly report shall contain:
 5 (1) the name, complete address including apartment or suite number, if
 6 any, and telephone number of the lobbyist;
 7 (2) the name, complete address including apartment or suite number, if
 8 any, and telephone number of the client by whom or on whose behalf the
 9 lobbyist is retained, employed or designated;
 10 (3) the following information on which the lobbyist has lobbied: (i) a
 11 description of the general subject or subjects, (ii) the legislative
 12 bill numbers of any bills and, regarding an appropriation bill or any
 13 supplemental appropriation bill, the particular items within the appro-
 14 priation bill lobbied on, (iii) the numbers or subject matter (if there
 15 are no numbers) of gubernatorial executive orders or executive orders
 16 issued by the chief executive officer of a municipality, (iv) the
 17 subject matter of and tribes involved in tribal-state compacts, memoran-
 18 da of understanding, or any other state-tribal agreements and any state
 19 actions related to class III gaming as provided in 25 U.S.C. § 2701, (v)
 20 the rule, regulation, and ratemaking or municipal ordinance or resol-
 21 ution numbers of any rules, regulations, or rates or ordinance or
 22 proposed rules, regulations, or rates or municipal ordinances or resol-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14278-04-6

 S. 9557--B 2

 1 utions, and (vi) the titles and any identifying numbers of any procure-
 2 ment contracts and other documents disseminated by a state agency,
 3 either house of the state legislature, the unified court system, munici-
 4 pal agency or local legislative body in connection with a governmental
 5 procurement;
 6 (4) for each item listed with regard to paragraphs (i), (iii), (iv),
 7 (vii), (ix) and (x) of subdivision (c) of section one-c of this article,
 8 whether the lobbying was in support, in support with proposed amend-
 9 ments, in opposition, or in opposition absent proposed amendments to the
 10 item lobbied on;
 11 (5) for each item listed with regard to paragraphs (ii) and (viii) of
 12 subdivision (c) of section one-c of this article, whether the lobbying
 13 was with regard to the adoption, issuance, rescission, modification or
 14 terms of a gubernatorial or local executive order;
 15 (6) for each item listed with regard to paragraph (v