assembly Bill A623

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Restricts certain corporations from participating or intervening in any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office

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Current Bill Status Via S4347 - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor Calendar
    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed by Governor

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Actions

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Oct 23, 2019 signed chap.407
Oct 21, 2019 delivered to governor
Jun 18, 2019 returned to senate
passed assembly
Jun 03, 2019 ordered to third reading cal.472
substituted for a623
Jun 03, 2019 substituted by s4347
May 30, 2019 advanced to third reading cal.472
reported
May 07, 2019 reported referred to ways and means
May 01, 2019 reported referred to codes
Jan 09, 2019 referred to election law

Votes

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May 21, 2019 - floor Vote

S4347
43
18
floor
43
Aye
18
Nay
0
Absent
1
Excused
0
Abstained
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Floor Vote: May 21, 2019

aye (43)
nay (18)
excused (1)

May 14, 2019 - Finance committee Vote

S4347
18
0
committee
18
Aye
0
Nay
4
Aye with Reservations
1
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Committee Vote: May 14, 2019

aye (18)
aye wr (4)
absent (1)

May 7, 2019 - committee Vote

S4347
6
0
committee
6
Aye
0
Nay
1
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Committee Vote: May 7, 2019

aye (6)
aye wr (1)

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A623 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4347
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1116, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A10354, S8366

A623 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Restricts certain corporations from participating or intervening in any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to any candidate for public office.

A623 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   623

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. PAULIN, BUCHWALD, GALEF, SEAWRIGHT, DINOWITZ,
  ZEBROWSKI, GOTTFRIED, SIMON, MAGNARELLI, FAHY, D'URSO, LIFTON,  BLAKE,
  MOSLEY,  ABINANTI,  DiPIETRO  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK,
  LAWRENCE, THIELE --  read  once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
  Election Law

AN  ACT  to  amend  the tax law, in relation to limitations on political
  activity

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraph 4 of subdivision (a) of section 1116 of the tax
law, as amended by chapter 270 of the laws of 2001, is amended  to  read
as follows:
  (4)  Any  corporation,  association,  trust, or community chest, fund,
foundation, or limited liability company, organized and operated  exclu-
sively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety,
literary or educational purposes, or to foster national or international
amateur  sports  competition  (but  only  if  no  part of its activities
involve the provision of athletic facilities or equipment), or  for  the
prevention  of  cruelty to children or animals, no part of the net earn-
ings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or  indi-
vidual,  no  substantial  part of the activities of which is carrying on
propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, (except as
otherwise provided in subsection (h) of section five hundred one of  the
United  States  internal revenue code of nineteen hundred fifty-four, as
amended), and which does not participate in, or intervene in  (including
the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on
behalf  of  OR  IN  OPPOSITION  TO  any candidate for public office. THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH REGARDING POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITY SHALL
BE INTERPRETED IN THE SAME MANNER AS SECTION  501(C)(3)  OF  THE  UNITED
STATES  INTERNAL  REVENUE  CODE HAS BEEN INTERPRETED AS OF THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND  NINETEEN  THAT  AMENDED
THIS PARAGRAPH;