New York S 2135: Requires additional disclosures from lobbyists

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S02135 Summary:

BILL NOS02135 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11043

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SPONSORKRUEGER

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COSPNSRADDABBO, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, LIU, SERRANO

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§1-c, 1-h & 1-j, Leg L; add §§14-134, 14-136 & 14-138, amd §§14-102 & 14-130, El L; amd §74, Pub Off L

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Requires additional disclosures from lobbyists including: campaign contributions to elected officials; existing business relationships or associations with public officials; and the names of family members of a public official to whom the lobbyist, or their employer, paid compensation of over $500 in the preceding calendar year and the amount of compensation paid; provides for the disposition of campaign funds.

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BILL NOS02135 

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01/15/2025REFERRED TO ETHICS AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ETHICS AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2135

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. KRUEGER, ADDABBO, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, LIU, SERRANO --
 read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Ethics and Internal Governance

 AN ACT to amend the legislative law and the election law, in relation to
 disclosures required for lobbyists; and to amend the election law and
 the public officers law, in relation to campaign funds for personal
 use

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Lobbyist
 2 Disclosure Campaign Fund Act".
 3 § 2. Section 1-c of the legislative law is amended by adding a new
 4 subdivision (x) to read as follows:
 5 (x) The term "family member" shall mean any of the following, includ-
 6 ing parents, stepparents, spouse, domestic partners, grandparents,
 7 siblings, and parent's siblings, whether of the whole blood or half
 8 blood or by or through legal sanction.
 9 § 3. Paragraph 5 of subdivision (b) of section 1-h of the legislative
 10 law is amended by adding two new subparagraphs (vi) and (vii) to read as
 11 follows:
 12 (vi) the campaign contributions made, in any form, to any campaign or
 13 political committee in New York state by the client by whom or on whose
 14 behalf the lobbyist is retained, employed or designated, by the lobby-
 15 ist, and by any employees of the lobbyist.
 16 (vii) the amount of compensation paid and the names of any family
 17 members of a public official to whom a lobbyist and the client by whom
 18 or on whose behalf the lobbyist is retained, employed or designated has
 19 paid compensation of more than five hundred dollars in the preceding
 20 calendar year for personal employment or professional services.
 21 § 4. Subdivision (b) of section 1-h of the legislative law is amended
 22 by adding a new paragraph 6 to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05623-01-5

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 1 (6) the name, address and telephone number of any public official with
 2 whom the lobbyist has any business relationship.
 3 § 5. Paragraph 5 of subdivision (b) of section 1-j of the legislative
 4 law is amended by adding two new subparagraphs (vi) and (vii) to read as
 5 follows:
 6 (vi) the campaign contributions made, in any form, to any campaign or
 7 political committee in New York state by the client by whom or on whose
 8 behalf the lobbyist is retained, employed or designated, by the lobby-
 9 ist, and by any employees of the lobbyist.
 10 (vii) the amount of compensation paid and the names of any family
 11 members of a public official to whom a lobbyist and the client by whom
 12 or on whose behalf the lobbyist is retained, employed or designated has
 13 paid compensation of more than five hundred dollars in the preceding
 14 calendar year for personal employment or professional services.
 15 § 6. Subdivision (b) of section 1-j of the legislative law is amended
 16 by adding a new paragraph 7 to read as follows:
 17 (7) the name, address and telephone numb