New York S 8450: Allows certain campaign funds to be used for accessibility services

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S08450 Summary:

BILL NOS08450 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01403

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SPONSORPERSAUD

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COSPNSRADDABBO

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§14-130, 14-206 & 14-204, El L; amd §§3-702 & 3-706, NYC Ad Cd

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Allows public campaign funds to be used for disability access services including but not limited to captioning, sign language interpretation, assistive listening device, Braille, large print, communication access real-time translation and accessible transportation services and to be used for language interpretation and translation services.

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BILL NOS08450 

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07/07/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8450

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 July 7, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the election law and the administrative code of the city
 of New York, in relation to allowing certain campaign funds to be used
 for disability access services and language interpretation and trans-
 lation services

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

 1 Section 1. Section 14-130 of the election law is amended by adding two
 2 new subdivisions 4-a and 4-b to read as follows:
 3 4-a. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a candidate from using
 4 campaign contributions to pay for disability access services, including
 5 but not limited to captioning, sign language interpretation, assistive
 6 listening device, Braille, large print, communication access real-time
 7 translation (CART) and accessible transportation services.
 8 4-b. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a candidate from using
 9 campaign contributions to pay for language interpretation or trans-
 10 lation services.
 11 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 14-206 of the election law, as added by
 12 section 4 of part ZZZ of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is amended to
 13 read as follows:
 14 1. Public matching funds provided pursuant to this title may be used
 15 only by an authorized committee for expenditures to further the partic-
 16 ipating candidate's nomination for election or election[, including].
 17 Such expenditures may include paying for debts incurred within one year
 18 prior to an election to further the participating candidate's nomination
 19 for election or election and paying for disability access services or
 20 language interpretation or translation services.
 21 § 3. Section 14-204 of the election law is amended by adding a new
 22 subdivision 6 to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02738-01-5

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 1 6. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the amount of
 2 public funds that may be provided to a candidate for the purpose of
 3 paying for disability access services or language interpretation or
 4 translation services.
 5 § 4. Subparagraphs 12 and 13 of paragraph a of subdivision 21 of
 6 section 3-702 of the administrative code of the city of New York,
 7 subparagraph 12 as amended and subparagraph 13 as added by local law
 8 number 196 of the city of New York for the year 2018, are amended and
 9 two new subparagraphs 14 and 15 are added to read as follows:
 10 12. Expenditures to facilitate, support, or otherwise assist in the
 11 execution or performance of the duties of public office; [and]
 12 13. Childcare services, provided that: (i) the candidate has received
 13 an approved statement of campaign childcare eligibility, pursuant to
 14 subdivision 23 of this section, demonstrating that such services are for
 15 a child or children under thirteen years of age for whom the candidate
 16 is a primary caregiver and that either the need for such services would
 17 not exist but for the campaign or the candidate has experienced a
 18 significant loss of salary or wage earnings that would not have occurred
 19 but for the campaign; and (ii) that expenditures for such ser