Bill Text: NY A08618 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires registration and the disclosure of information relating to lobbying for the nomination or confirmation of persons to state office.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-05 - reported referred to rules [A08618 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A08618-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8618 IN ASSEMBLY January 12, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, COLTON, REYES, L. ROSENTHAL, RAGA, DAVILA, FLOOD, LEVENBERG, SHRESTHA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to lobbying for the confirmation of persons to state office The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1-a of the legislative law, as added by chapter 2 2 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 1-a. Legislative declaration. The legislature hereby declares that 4 the operation of responsible democratic government requires that the 5 fullest opportunity be afforded to the people to petition their govern- 6 ment for the redress of grievances and to express freely to appropriate 7 officials their opinions on legislation and governmental operations; and 8 that, to preserve and maintain the integrity of the governmental deci- 9 sion-making process in this state, it is necessary that the identity, 10 expenditures and activities of persons and organizations retained, 11 employed or designated to influence the passage or defeat of any legis- 12 lation by either house of the legislature [or], the approval, or veto, 13 of any legislation by the governor [and], the nomination or confirmation 14 of any person to a state office, attempts to influence the adoption or 15 rejection of any rule or regulation having the force and effect of law 16 or the outcome of any rate making proceeding by a state agency, and the 17 attempts to influence the passage or defeat of any local law, ordinance, 18 or regulation be publicly and regularly disclosed. 19 § 2. Paragraphs (ix) and (x) of subdivision (c) of section 1-c of the 20 legislative law, as added by chapter 1 of the laws of 2005, are amended 21 and a new paragraph (xi) is added to read as follows: 22 (ix) the adoption or rejection of any rule, regulation, or resolution 23 having the force and effect of a local law, ordinance, resolution, or 24 regulation; [or] 25 (x) the outcome of any rate making proceeding by any municipality or 26 subdivision thereof[.]; or EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08657-03-4A. 8618 2 1 (xi) the nomination or confirmation of any person for a position 2 subject to confirmation by the senate. 3 § 3. Paragraph 5 of subdivision (c) of section 1-e of the legislative 4 law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as 5 follows: 6 (5) the following information on which the lobbyist expects to lobby: 7 (i) a description of the general subject or subjects, (ii) the legisla- 8 tive bill numbers of any bills, (iii) the numbers or subject matter (if 9 there are no numbers) of gubernatorial executive orders or executive 10 orders issued by the chief executive officer of a municipality, (iv) the 11 subject matter of and tribes involved in tribal-state compacts, memoran- 12 da of understanding, or any other state-tribal agreements and any state 13 actions related to class III gaming as provided in 25 U.S.C. § 2701, (v) 14 the rule, regulation, and ratemaking numbers of any rules, regulations, 15 rates, or municipal ordinances and resolutions, or proposed rules, regu- 16 lations, or rates, or municipal ordinances and resolutions, [and] (vi) 17 the titles and any identifying numbers of any procurement contracts and 18 other documents disseminated by a state agency, either house of the 19 state legislature, the unified court system, municipal agency or local 20 legislative body in connection with a governmental procurement, and 21 (vii) for nominations or confirmations, the offices and nominees or 22 potential nominees; 23 § 4. Paragraph 3 of subdivision (b) of section 1-h of the legislative 24 law, as amended by chapter 14 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as 25 follows: 26 (3) the following information on which the lobbyist has lobbied: (i) a 27 description of the general subject or subjects, (ii) the legislative 28 bill numbers of any bills, (iii) the numbers or subject matter (if there 29 are no numbers) of gubernatorial executive orders or executive orders 30 issued by the chief executive officer of a municipality, (iv) the 31 subject matter of and tribes involved in tribal-state compacts, memoran- 32 da of understanding, or any other state-tribal agreements and any state 33 actions related to class III gaming as provided in 25 U.S.C. § 2701, (v) 34 the rule, regulation, and ratemaking or municipal ordinance or resol- 35 ution numbers of any rules, regulations, or rates or ordinance or 36 proposed rules, regulations, or rates or municipal ordinances or resol- 37 utions, [and] (vi) the titles and any identifying numbers of any 38 procurement contracts and other documents disseminated by a state agen- 39 cy, either house of the state legislature, the unified court system, 40 municipal agency or local legislative body in connection with a govern- 41 mental procurement, and (vii) for nominations or confirmations, the 42 offices and nominees or potential nominees; 43 § 5. Paragraph 3 of subdivision (b) of section 1-j of the legislative 44 law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as 45 follows: 46 (3) the following information on which each lobbyist retained, 47 employed or designated by such client has lobbied, and on which such 48 client has lobbied: (i) a description of the general subject or 49 subjects, (ii) the legislative bill numbers of any bills, (iii) the 50 numbers or subject matter (if there are no numbers) of gubernatorial 51 executive orders or executive orders issued by the chief executive offi- 52 cer of a municipality, (iv) the subject matter of and tribes involved in 53 tribal-state compacts, memoranda of understanding, or any other state- 54 tribal agreements and any state actions related to class III gaming as 55 provided in 25 U.S.C. 2701, (v) the rule, regulation, and ratemaking or 56 municipal resolution or ordinance numbers of any rules, regulations, orA. 8618 3 1 rates, or municipal resolutions or ordinances or proposed rules, regu- 2 lations, or rates, or municipal ordinances or resolutions [and], (vi) 3 the titles and any identifying numbers of any procurement contracts and 4 other documents disseminated by a state agency, either house of the 5 state legislature, the unified court system, municipal agency or local 6 legislative body in connection with a governmental procurement, and 7 (vii) for nominations or confirmations, the offices and nominees or 8 potential nominees; 9 § 6. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1-k of the legislative 10 law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as 11 follows: 12 (1) (A) the passage or defeat of any legislative bill or the approval 13 or veto of any legislation by the governor, (B) the terms, issuance, 14 modification or rescission of a gubernatorial executive order, (C) the 15 terms, approval or disapproval, or the implementation and administration 16 of tribal-state compacts, memoranda of understanding, or any other 17 tribal-state agreements and any state actions related to class III 18 gaming as provided in 25 U.S.C. 2701, [or] (D) the adoption or rejection 19 of any code, rule or regulation having the force and effect of law or 20 the outcome of any rate making proceeding by a state agency, or (E) the 21 nomination or confirmation, or defeat of a nomination or confirmation, 22 of any person for a position subject to confirmation by the senate; 23 § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.
