New York S 3668: Relates to public campaign financing; repealer

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S03668 Summary:

BILL NOS03668 

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSRADDABBO, BAILEY, BROUK, CLEARE, COONEY, FELDER, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, MARTINEZ, MAY, PARKER,
 PERSAUD, RYAN S, SALAZAR, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SEPULVEDA, WEBB

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Amd §§14-200-a, 14-203, 14-204, 14-205, 14-206, 14-207, 14-208 & 14-212, El L; rpld Part ZZZ §11, Chap 58 of
2020

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Amends provisions relating to public campaign financing; changes certain thresholds and procedures; permits retention of matching funds for future use; specifies when a candidate is opposed by a competitive candidate; requires a disclosure on political communications.

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BILL NOS03668 

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01/29/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3668

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 29, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, ADDABBO, BAILEY, BROUK, CLEARE, COONEY,
 FELDER, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, MARTINEZ, MAY, PARKER, PERSAUD, S. RYAN,
 SALAZAR, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SEPULVEDA, WEBB -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Elections

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to public campaign financ-
 ing; and to repeal section 11 of part ZZZ of chapter 58 of the laws of
 2020 amending the election law relating to public financing for state
 office; amending the state finance law relating to establishing the
 New York state campaign finance fund; and amending the tax law relat-
 ing to establishing the NYS campaign finance fund check-off, relating
 to the severability of the provisions thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 11 of section 14-200-a of the
 2 election law, as added by section 4 of part ZZZ of chapter 58 of the
 3 laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (a) "matchable contribution" means a contribution not less than five
 5 dollars and not more than two hundred fifty dollars, for a candidate for
 6 public office to be voted on by the voters of the entire state or for
 7 nomination to any such office, a contribution for any covered elections
 8 held in the same election cycle, made by a natural person who is a resi-
 9 dent in the state of New York to a participating candidate, and for a
 10 candidate for election to the state assembly or state senate or for
 11 nomination to any such office, a contribution for any covered elections
 12 held in the same election cycle, made by a natural person who at the
 13 time such contribution is made is also a resident of such state assembly
 14 or state senate district from which such candidate is seeking nomination
 15 or election, that has been reported in full to the PCFB in accordance
 16 with sections 14-102 and 14-104 of this article by the candidate's
 17 authorized committee and has been contributed on or before the day of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01543-01-5

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 1 the applicable primary, general, runoff, or special election. Any
 2 contribution, contributions, or a portion of a contribution determined
 3 to be invalid for matching funds by the PCFB may not be treated as a
 4 matchable contribution for any purpose.
 5 § 2. Subdivision 19 of section 14-200-a of the election law, as added
 6 by section 4 of part ZZZ of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is amended
 7 to read as follows:
 8 19. "surplus" means [those funds where the total sum of contributions
 9 received and] the difference between public [matchable] matching funds
 10 received by a participating candidate and [his or her] such candidate's
 11 authorized committee [exceeds the total campaign expenditures of such
 12 candidate and authorized committee] for all covered elections held in
 13 the same calendar year or for a special election to fill a vacancy and
 14 the total such candidate and such candidate's authorized committee spent
 15 on qualified campaign expendi