New York S 5496: Requires a candidate for office to file additional information about the candidate's educational background, military service history, and employment history

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S05496 Summary:

BILL NOS05496 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§14-104, 16-114, 3-102 & 14-126, El L

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Requires a candidate for office to file additional information about the candidate's educational background, military service history, and employment history; provides penalties for violations.

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BILL NOS05496 

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02/21/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5496

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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 requiring a candidate
 for office to file additional information about the candidate's educa-
 tional background, military service, and employment history and
 providing penalties for violations

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "Candidate Truth in Background Disclosures Act".
 3 § 2. The section heading and subdivision 1 of section 14-104 of the
 4 election law, the section heading as amended by chapter 430 of the laws
 5 of 1997, and subdivision 1 as amended by section 1 of part C of chapter
 6 286 of the laws of 2016, are amended to read as follows:
 7 Statements of campaign receipts, contributions, transfers and expendi-
 8 tures by and to candidates and of educational background, military
 9 service history and employment history. 1. (a) Any candidate for
 10 election to public office, or for nomination for public office at a
 11 contested primary election or convention, or for election to a party
 12 position at a primary election, shall file statements sworn, or
 13 subscribed and bearing a form notice that false statements made therein
 14 are punishable as a class A misdemeanor pursuant to section 210.45 of
 15 the penal law, at the times prescribed by this article setting forth the
 16 particulars specified by section 14-102 of this article, as to all
 17 moneys or other valuable things, paid, given, expended or promised by
 18 [him or her] such candidate to aid [his or her] their own nomination or
 19 election, or to promote the success or defeat of a political party, or
 20 to aid or influence the nomination or election or the defeat of any
 21 other candidate to be voted for at the election or primary election or
 22 at a convention, including contributions to political committees, offi-
 23 cers, members or agents thereof, and transfers, receipts and contrib-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10095-01-5

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 1 utions to [him or her] such candidate to be used for any of the purposes
 2 above specified, or in lieu thereof, any such candidate may file such a
 3 sworn statement at the first filing period, on a form prescribed by the
 4 state board of elections that such candidate has made no such expendi-
 5 tures and does not intend to make any such expenditures, except through
 6 a political committee authorized by such candidate pursuant to this
 7 article. Such candidate may designate a committee of no less than three
 8 persons who shall be authorized to appoint and remove the treasurer of
 9 any authorized committee of the candidate. The designation or revocation
 10 of the committee shall be evidenced in a writing filed with the state
 11 board of elections by the candidate authorizing the committee. The
 12 candidate may revoke such designation at any time. A committee author-
 13 ized by such a candidate may fulfill all of the filing requirements of
 14 this act on behalf of such candidate.
 15 (b) Any candidate for election to public office, or for nomination for
 16 public office at a contested primary election or convention, or for
 17 election to a party position at a primary election, shall file state-
 18 ments sworn, or subs