New York S 3597: Prohibits lobbyists who are convicted of or plead guilty to class D felonies or higher level crimes from acting as a lobbyist for a period of three years

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S03597 Summary:

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Prohibits lobbyists who are convicted of or plead guilty to class D felonies or higher level crimes from acting as a lobbyist for a period of three years from the date of the conviction; provides the authority to extend suspensions; entitles such lobbyist to a hearing upon application for suspension extension.

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01/28/2025REFERRED TO ETHICS AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ETHICS AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3597

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Ethics and Inter-
 nal Governance

 AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to prohibiting lobby-
 ists who are convicted of or plead guilty to class D felonies or high-
 er level crimes from acting as a lobbyist for a period of three years
 from the date of the conviction

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

 1 Section 1. Section 1-o of the legislative law, as added by chapter 14
 2 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 1-o. Penalties. (a) Any lobbyist convicted of or pleading guilty to
 4 a class D felony or higher level crime shall be barred from acting as a
 5 lobbyist for a period of three years from the date of the conviction.
 6 (b) Upon completion the commission shall re-evaluate the suspension
 7 and determine whether or not such suspension should be extended for an
 8 additional period of time. In no event shall such extension be for more
 9 than two more years. Any lobbyist wishing to re-register with the
 10 commission and re-commence their practice of lobbying shall be entitled
 11 to a hearing upon application to determine if the suspension should be
 12 extended under this subdivision.
 13 (c) (i) Any lobbyist, public corporation, or client who knowingly and
 14 wilfully fails to file timely a report or statement required by this
 15 section or knowingly and wilfully files false information or knowingly
 16 and wilfully violates section one-m of this article shall be guilty of a
 17 class A misdemeanor; and
 18 (ii) any lobbyist, public corporation, or client who knowingly and
 19 wilfully fails to file timely a report or statement required by this
 20 section or knowingly and wilfully files false information or knowingly
 21 and wilfully violates section one-m of this article, after having previ-
 22 ously been convicted in the preceding five years of the crime described

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07067-01-5

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 1 in paragraph (i) of this subdivision, shall be guilty of a class E felo-
 2 ny. Any lobbyist convicted of or pleading guilty to a felony under the
 3 provisions of this [section] subdivision may be barred from acting as a
 4 lobbyist for a period of one year from the date of the conviction. For
 5 the purposes of this subdivision, the chief administrative officer of
 6 any organization required to file a statement or report shall be the
 7 person responsible for making and filing such statement or report unless
 8 some other person prior to the due date thereof has been duly designated
 9 to make and file such statement or report.
 10 [(b)] (d) (i) A lobbyist, public corporation, or client who knowingly
 11 and wilfully fails to file a statement or report within the time
 12 required for the filing of such report or knowingly and wilfully
 13 violates section one-m of this article shall be subject to a civil
 14 penalty for each such failure or violation, in an amount not to exceed
 15 the greater of twenty-five thousand dollars or three times the amount
 16 the person failed to report properly or unlawfully contributed,
 17 expended, gave or received, to be assessed by the commission.
 18 (