Bill Text: NY S00374 | 2025-2026 | 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 7-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-08 - REFERRED TO ETHICS AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE [S00374 Detail]
Download: New_York-2025-S00374-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 374 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GIANARIS, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, BRISPORT, FERNANDEZ, GONZA- LEZ, GOUNARDES, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Ethics and Internal Gover- nance 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: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00733-01-5S. 374 2 1 (ix) the adoption or rejection of any rule, regulation, or resolution 2 having the force and effect of a local law, ordinance, resolution, or 3 regulation; [or] 4 (x) the outcome of any rate making proceeding by any municipality or 5 subdivision thereof[.]; or 6 (xi) the nomination or confirmation of any person for a position 7 subject to confirmation by the senate. 8 § 3. Paragraph 5 of subdivision (c) of section 1-e of the legislative 9 law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as 10 follows: 11 (5) the following information on which the lobbyist expects to lobby: 12 (i) a description of the general subject or subjects, (ii) the legisla- 13 tive bill numbers of any bills, (iii) the numbers or subject matter (if 14 there are no numbers) of gubernatorial executive orders or executive 15 orders issued by the chief executive officer of a municipality, (iv) the 16 subject matter of and tribes involved in tribal-state compacts, memoran- 17 da of understanding, or any other state-tribal agreements and any state 18 actions related to class III gaming as provided in 25 U.S.C. § 2701, (v) 19 the rule, regulation, and ratemaking numbers of any rules, regulations, 20 rates, or municipal ordinances and resolutions, or proposed rules, regu- 21 lations, or rates, or municipal ordinances and resolutions, [and] (vi) 22 the titles and any identifying numbers of any procurement contracts and 23 other documents disseminated by a state agency, either house of the 24 state legislature, the unified court system, municipal agency or local 25 legislative body in connection with a governmental procurement, and 26 (vii) for nominations or confirmations, the offices and nominees or 27 potential nominees; 28 § 4. Paragraph 3 of subdivision (b) of section 1-h of the legislative 29 law, as amended by chapter 14 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as 30 follows: 31 (3) the following information on which the lobbyist has lobbied: (i) a 32 description of the general subject or subjects, (ii) the legislative 33 bill numbers of any bills, (iii) the numbers or subject matter (if there 34 are no numbers) of gubernatorial executive orders or executive orders 35 issued by the chief executive officer of a municipality, (iv) the 36 subject matter of and tribes involved in tribal-state compacts, memoran- 37 da of understanding, or any other state-tribal agreements and any state 38 actions related to class III gaming as provided in 25 U.S.C. § 2701, (v) 39 the rule, regulation, and ratemaking or municipal ordinance or resol- 40 ution numbers of any rules, regulations, or rates or ordinance or 41 proposed rules, regulations, or rates or municipal ordinances or resol- 42 utions, [and] (vi) the titles and any identifying numbers of any 43 procurement contracts and other documents disseminated by a state agen- 44 cy, either house of the state legislature, the unified court system, 45 municipal agency or local legislative body in connection with a govern- 46 mental procurement, and (vii) for nominations or confirmations, the 47 offices and nominees or potential nominees; 48 § 5. Paragraph 3 of subdivision (b) of section 1-j of the legislative 49 law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as 50 follows: 51 (3) the following information on which each lobbyist retained, 52 employed or designated by such client has lobbied, and on which such 53 client has lobbied: (i) a description of the general subject or 54 subjects, (ii) the legislative bill numbers of any bills, (iii) the 55 numbers or subject matter (if there are no numbers) of gubernatorial 56 executive orders or executive orders issued by the chief executive offi-S. 374 3 1 cer of a municipality, (iv) the subject matter of and tribes involved in 2 tribal-state compacts, memoranda of understanding, or any other state- 3 tribal agreements and any state actions related to class III gaming as 4 provided in 25 U.S.C. 2701, (v) the rule, regulation, and ratemaking or 5 municipal resolution or ordinance numbers of any rules, regulations, or 6 rates, or municipal resolutions or ordinances or proposed rules, regu- 7 lations, or rates, or municipal ordinances or resolutions [and], (vi) 8 the titles and any identifying numbers of any procurement contracts and 9 other documents disseminated by a state agency, either house of the 10 state legislature, the unified court system, municipal agency or local 11 legislative body in connection with a governmental procurement, and 12 (vii) for nominations or confirmations, the offices and nominees or 13 potential nominees; 14 § 6. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1-k of the legislative 15 law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as 16 follows: 17 (1) (A) the passage or defeat of any legislative bill or the approval 18 or veto of any legislation by the governor, (B) the terms, issuance, 19 modification or rescission of a gubernatorial executive order, (C) the 20 terms, approval or disapproval, or the implementation and administration 21 of tribal-state compacts, memoranda of understanding, or any other 22 tribal-state agreements and any state actions related to class III 23 gaming as provided in 25 U.S.C. 2701, [or] (D) the adoption or rejection 24 of any code, rule or regulation having the force and effect of law or 25 the outcome of any rate making proceeding by a state agency, or (E) the 26 nomination or confirmation, or defeat of a nomination or confirmation, 27 of any person for a position subject to confirmation by the senate; 28 § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.
