Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Sep 13, 2017 |
signed chap.307 |
Sep 01, 2017 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 06, 2017 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.226 substituted for a5740a |
May 22, 2017 |
referred to election law delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 09, 2017 |
amended on third reading 1567a |
Mar 08, 2017 |
advanced to third reading |
Mar 07, 2017 |
2nd report cal. |
Mar 06, 2017 |
1st report cal.314 |
Jan 10, 2017 |
referred to elections |
Senate Bill S1567
Signed By Governor2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
2017-S1567 - Details
2017-S1567 - Summary
Requires the state board of elections to publish the campaign website addresses of candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state comptroller, member of the state senate and member of the state assembly; directs such candidates to provide their campaign website addresses to the state board of elections.
2017-S1567 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1567 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the election law, in relation to publishing certain candidate website information PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL : To allow voters to easily find a candidate's campaign website and obtain more information about candidates for public office. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 of the bill adds a new section 4-123 to the election law related to publication of candidate websites. Candidates for the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, state comptroller, attorney general, state senate and assembly would notify the Board of Elections about their campaign website by listing the campaign website address on the candidate's petition cover sheet or in a separate signed writing from the candidate. The state board of elections would then list the campaign websites and publish them on the website for the board of elections. Any candidate who does not have a campaign website or chooses not to provide a campaign website would be listed on the board of elections website as having not provided a campaign website for publication. Section 2 of the bill allows the state board of elections to
2017-S1567 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1567 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 10, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to publishing certain candidate website information THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 4-123 to read as follows: § 4-123. PUBLICATION OF CANDIDATE WEBSITES. 1. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PUBLISH ON ITS WEBSITE THE CAMPAIGN WEBSITE ADDRESS DESIGNATED BY THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE COMPTROLLER, MEMBER OF THE STATE SENATE AND MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY ON THE BALLOT AT THE NEXT PRIMARY, SPECIAL OR GENERAL ELECTION, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION. SUCH CANDIDATE MAY NOTI- FY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF HIS OR HER WEBSITE ADDRESS ON SUCH CANDIDATE'S PETITION COVER SHEET OR IN A SEPARATE WRITING SIGNED BY THE CANDIDATE. ANY CANDIDATE WHO DOES NOT PROVIDE A WEBSITE ADDRESS SHALL BE LISTED AS HAVING NOT PROVIDED A WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR PUBLICATION. 2. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL NOT PUBLISH ANY WEBSITE ADDRESS FOUND TO BE UNRELATED TO A CANDIDACY FOR PUBLIC OFFICE. SUCH DENIAL TO PUBLISH A WEBSITE ADDRESS SHALL BE REVIEWED ONLY IN A SPECIAL PROCEEDING BROUGHT BY THE CANDIDATE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SEVENTY-EIGHT OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES. 3. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PROMINENTLY DISPLAY THE FOLLOW- ING DISCLAIMER WITH RELATION TO THE LIST OF CANDIDATE WEBSITE ADDRESSES: "THE WEBSITE ADDRESSES PUBLISHED HERE ARE DESIGNATED BY THE CANDIDATE. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR AND EXPRESSES NO OPINION AS TO THE CONTENT OF CANDIDATE WEBSITES." § 2. The state board of elections shall, within six months of the effective date of this act, promulgate rules or regulations to implement the provisions of this act which shall include the time of publication EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
2017-S1567A (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S1567A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires the state board of elections to publish the campaign website addresses of candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state comptroller, member of the state senate and member of the state assembly; directs such candidates to provide their campaign website addresses to the state board of elections.
2017-S1567A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1567A TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the election law, in relation to publishing certain candidate website information PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL : To allow voters to easily find a candidate's campaign website and obtain more information about candidates for public office. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 of the bill adds a new section 4-123 to the election law related to publication of candidate websites. Candidates for the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, state comptroller, attorney general, state senate and assembly would notify the Board of Elections about their campaign website by listing the campaign website address on the candidate's petition cover sheet or in a separate signed writing from the candidate. The state board of elections would then list the campaign websites and publish them on the website for the board of elections. Any candidate who does not have a campaign website or chooses not to provide a campaign website would be listed on the board of elections website as having not provided a campaign website for publication. Section 2 of the bill allows the state board of elections to
2017-S1567A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1567--A Cal. No. 314 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 10, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- 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, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to publishing certain candidate website information THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 4-123 to read as follows: § 4-123. PUBLICATION OF CANDIDATE WEBSITES. 1. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PUBLISH ON ITS WEBSITE THE CAMPAIGN WEBSITE ADDRESS DESIGNATED BY ANY CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE COMPTROLLER, MEMBER OF THE STATE SENATE AND MEMBER OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY ON THE BALLOT AT THE NEXT PRIMARY, SPECIAL OR GENERAL ELECTION, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION. SUCH CANDIDATE MAY NOTIFY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF HIS OR HER WEBSITE ADDRESS ON SUCH CANDIDATE'S PETITION COVER SHEET OR IN A SEPARATE WRIT- ING SIGNED BY THE CANDIDATE. ANY CANDIDATE WHO DOES NOT PROVIDE A WEBSITE ADDRESS SHALL BE LISTED AS HAVING NOT PROVIDED A WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR PUBLICATION. 2. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL NOT PUBLISH ANY WEBSITE ADDRESS FOUND TO BE UNRELATED TO A CANDIDACY FOR PUBLIC OFFICE. SUCH DENIAL TO PUBLISH A WEBSITE ADDRESS SHALL BE REVIEWED ONLY IN A SPECIAL PROCEEDING BROUGHT BY THE CANDIDATE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SEVENTY-EIGHT OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES. 3. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PROMINENTLY DISPLAY THE FOLLOW- ING DISCLAIMER WITH RELATION TO THE LIST OF CANDIDATE WEBSITE ADDRESSES: "THE WEBSITE ADDRESSES PUBLISHED HERE ARE DESIGNATED BY THE CANDIDATE. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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