New York A 9559: Expands disclosure requirements for lobbyists

Bill Text

STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         9559--A
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 14, 2026
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        Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee  on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to requiring  lobbyists
          to disclose their positions on bills
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision (b) of section 1-h of the legislative  law,  as
     2  added  by  chapter  2 of the laws of 1999, and paragraph 3 as amended by
     3  chapter 14 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (b) Such bi-monthly report shall contain:
     5    (1) the name,  address completeincluding apartment or suite number, if
     6   and telephone number of the lobbyist;any,
     7    (2) the name,  address completeincluding apartment or suite number, if
     8   and telephone number of the client by whom or on whose  behalf  theany,
     9  lobbyist is retained, employed or designated;
    10    (3) the following information on which the lobbyist has lobbied: (i) a
    11  description  of  the  general  subject or subjects, (ii) the legislative
    12  bill numbers of any bills and, regarding an appropriation  bill  or  any
    13  supplemental  appropriation bill, the particular items within the appro-
    14  , (iii) the numbers or subject matter (if  therepriation bill lobbied on
    15  are  no  numbers)  of gubernatorial executive orders or executive orders
    16  issued by the chief  executive  officer  of  a  municipality,  (iv)  the
    17  subject matter of and tribes involved in tribal-state compacts, memoran-
    18  da  of understanding, or any other state-tribal agreements and any state
    19  actions related to class III gaming as provided in 25 U.S.C. § 2701, (v)
    20  the rule, regulation, and ratemaking or municipal  ordinance  or  resol-
    21  ution  numbers  of  any  rules,  regulations,  or  rates or ordinance or
    22  proposed rules, regulations, or rates or municipal ordinances or  resol-
    23  utions,  and (vi) the titles and any identifying numbers of any procure-
    24  ment contracts and other  documents  disseminated  by  a  state  agency,
    25  either house of the state legislature, the unified court system, munici-
    26  pal  agency  or local legislative body in connection with a governmental
    27  procurement;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in  (underscored) is new; matter in bracketsitalics
                              [] is old law to be omitted. 
                                                                   LBD14278-05-6

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     1    (4) for each item listed with regard to paragraphs (i),  (iii),  (iv),
     2  (vii), (ix) and (x) of subdivision (c) of section one-c of this article,
     3  whether  the  lobbying  was  in support, in support with proposed amend-
     4  ments, in opposition, or in opposition absent proposed amendments to the
     5  item lobbied on;
     6    (5)  for each item listed with regard to paragraphs (ii) and (viii) of
     7  subdivision (c) of section one-c of this article, whether  the  lobbying
     8  was  with  regard to the adoption, issuance, rescission, modification or
     9  terms of a gubernatorial or local executive order;
    10    (6) for each item listed with regard to paragraph (vi) of  subdivision
    11  (c)  of  section  one-c  of  this article, whether the lobbying was with
    12  regard to the approval, disapproval, implementation or administration of
    13  tribal-state compacts, memoranda of understanding or any  other  tribal-
    14  state  agreements  and  any  other  state  actions  related to Class III
    15  gaming;
    16     the name of the person, organization, or legislative  body  before(7)
    17  which the lobbyist has lobbied;
    18    []    (i) the compensation paid or owed to the lobbyist, and any(5)(8)
    19  expenses expended, received or incurred by the lobbyist for the  purpose
    20  of lobbying.
    21    (ii)  expenses required to be reported pursuant to subparagraph (i) of
    22  this paragraph shall be listed in the aggregate if seventy-five  dollars
    23  or  less  and  if  more than seventy-five dollars such expenses shall be
    24  detailed as to amount, to whom paid, and for  what  purpose;  and  where
    25  such  expense  is  more  than  seventy-five dollars on behalf of any one
    26  person, the name of such person shall be listed.
    27    (iii) for the purposes of this paragraph, expenses shall not include:
    28    (A) persona