New York S 2437: Requires disclosure of social media posts that are paid for by a campaign

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S02437 Summary:

BILL NOS02437A

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SAME ASSAME AS A03929-B

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SPONSORKRUEGER

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COSPNSRWEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §14-106, El L

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Requires disclosure of social media posts that are paid for by a campaign; authorizes the state board of elections to promulgate certain regulations.

Go to top S02437 Actions:

BILL NOS02437A

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01/17/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

02/10/20251ST REPORT CAL.296

02/11/20252ND REPORT CAL.

02/12/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/25/2025PASSED SENATE

03/25/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/25/2025referred to election law

06/04/2025RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY

06/04/2025returned to senate

06/04/2025VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING

06/04/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING 2437A

06/10/2025REPASSED SENATE

06/10/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

06/10/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

02/26/20261ST REPORT CAL.441

03/04/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/05/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/19/2026PASSED SENATE

03/19/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/19/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2437--A
 Cal. No. 296

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 17, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. KRUEGER, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections -- reported
 favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report,
 ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered to the
 Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading,
 amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of
 third reading

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring disclosure of
 social media posts that are paid for by a campaign; and authorizes the
 state board of elections to promulgate certain regulations

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

 1 Section 1. Section 14-106 of the election law, as amended by chapter
 2 454 of the laws of 2019, subdivisions 5 and 6 as added by section 1 of
 3 subpart B of part MM of chapter 58 of the laws of 2024, paragraph (b) of
 4 subdivision 5 as amended and subdivision 7 as added by chapter 169 of
 5 the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 6 § 14-106. Political communication. 1. The statements required to be
 7 filed under the provisions of this article next succeeding a primary,
 8 general or special election shall be accompanied by a copy of all broad-
 9 cast, cable or satellite schedules and scripts, paid internet or
 10 digital, including social media posts paid for by the campaign, print
 11 and other types of advertisements, pamphlets, circulars, flyers,
 12 brochures, letterheads and other printed matter purchased or produced,
 13 and reproductions of statements or information published to five hundred
 14 or more members of a general public audience by computer or other elec-
 15 tronic device including but not limited to electronic mail or text
 16 message, purchased in connection with such election by or under the
 17 authority of the person filing the statement or the committee or the
 18 person on whose behalf it is filed, as the case may be. Such copies,
 19 schedules and scripts shall be preserved by the officer with whom or the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06459-05-5

 S. 2437--A 2

 1 board with which it is required to be filed for a period of one year
 2 from the date of filing thereof.
 3 2. All political committees that make an expenditure for a political
 4 communication shall be required to disclose the identity of the poli-
 5 tical committee which made the expenditure for such political communi-
 6 cation. The disclosure on printed or digital political communications,
 7 including but not limited to brochures, flyers, posters, mailings, or
 8 internet advertising, including social media posts paid for by the
 9 campaign, shall be printed or typed in an appropriate legible form to
 10 read as follows