New York S 6292: Requires the joint commission on public ethics to develop a campaign finance course and requiring all members of the legislature, staff treasurers and all individuals running for office to complete the course

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S06292 Summary:

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Amd §94, Exec L; add §81, Leg L

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Relates to requiring the joint commission on public ethics to develop and maintain a campaign finance training course; requires all members of the legislature, their staff treasurer and all individuals running for elected office to complete the campaign finance training course.

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03/10/2025REFERRED TO ETHICS AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ETHICS AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6292

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- 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 executive law, in relation to requiring the joint
 commission on public ethics to develop and maintain a campaign finance
 training course; and to amend the legislative law, in relation to
 requiring all members of the legislature, their staff treasurers and
 all individuals running for elected office to complete the campaign
 finance training course

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 94 of the executive law is amended
 2 by adding a new paragraph (l) is added to read as follows:
 3 (l) The commission shall develop and maintain a campaign finance
 4 training course for members of the legislature, their staff treasurers
 5 and members of the general public running for elected office. Such
 6 course shall be designed to help individuals in understanding and
 7 complying with current campaign finance requirements under state law,
 8 legislative rules and federal law. The course shall be available in
 9 person and on the internet and shall include provisions for verifying
 10 when an individual has successfully completed the course.
 11 § 2. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 81 to read
 12 as follows:
 13 § 81. Campaign finance training course. 1. Each member of the legisla-
 14 ture, their staff treasurer and any member of the general public who is
 15 running for elected office shall annually complete the campaign finance
 16 training course developed by the joint commission on public ethics
 17 pursuant to paragraph (l) of subdivision nine of section ninety-four of
 18 the executive law.
 19 2. Legislators and staff treasurers shall verify the completion on
 20 their annual legislative financial disclosure form. Members of the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10383-01-5

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 1 general public running for elected office shall verify the completion on
 2 their required campaign finance forms.
 3 3. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall be
 4 punishable by a fine of three hundred dollars. If failure is not reme-
 5 died within ninety days then there will be an additional three hundred
 6 dollar fine imposed.
 7 § 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.

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