| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jun 03, 2022 |
committed to rules |
| May 05, 2022 |
advanced to third reading |
| May 04, 2022 |
2nd report cal. |
| May 03, 2022 |
1st report cal.1050 |
| Apr 26, 2022 |
print number 7439a |
| Apr 26, 2022 |
amend and recommit to ethics and internal governance |
| Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to ethics and internal governance |
| Oct 15, 2021 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S7439A
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 42nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
2021-S7439 - Details
2021-S7439 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7439
SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to posting finan-
cial disclosure filings for candidates for statewide office or candi-
dates for a member of the legislature
PURPOSE:
This bill requires the website posting of financial disclosure filings
for candidates for state elected office who are required to make such
filings given that such filings, are already public documents, but
unhelpfully are not made easily accessible.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: amends paragraph (k) of subdivision 2 of section 73-a of the
public officers law, to require the Joint Commission on Public Ethics to
post the financial disclosure filings it receives for candidates for
statewide office and candidates to be a member of the State Legislature
2021-S7439 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
7439
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
October 15, 2021
___________
Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to posting finan-
cial disclosure filings for candidates for statewide office or candi-
dates for a member of the legislature
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (k) of subdivision 2 of section 73-a of the
public officers law, as added by section 5 of part A of chapter 399 of
the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
(k) The joint commission on public ethics shall post for at least five
years beginning for filings made on January first, two thousand thirteen
the annual statement of financial disclosure and any amendments filed by
each person subject to the reporting requirements of this subdivision
who is an elected official, CANDIDATE FOR STATEWIDE OFFICE OR CANDIDATE
FOR A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE, on its website for public review within
[thirty] FIVE days of its receipt of such statement or within [ten] FIVE
days of its receipt of such amendment that reflects any corrections of
deficiencies identified by the commission or by the reporting individual
after the reporting individual's initial filing. Except upon an individ-
ual determination by the commission that certain information may be
deleted from a reporting individual's annual statement of financial
disclosure, none of the information in the statement posted on the
commission's website shall be otherwise deleted.
§ 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2022.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09838-01-1
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
2021-S7439A (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S7439A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7439A
SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to posting finan-
cial disclosure filings for candidates for statewide office or candi-
dates for a member of the legislature
PURPOSE:
This bill requires the website posting of financial disclosure filings
for candidates for state elected office who are required to make such
filings given that such filings, are already public documents, but
unhelpfully are not made easily accessible.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: amends paragraph (k) of subdivision 2 of section 73-a of the
public officers law, to require the Joint Commission on Public Ethics to
post the financial disclosure filings it receives for candidates for
statewide office and candidates to be a member of the State Legislature
2021-S7439A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
7439--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
October 15, 2021
___________
Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to
the Committee on Ethics and Internal Governance in accordance with
Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to posting finan-
cial disclosure filings for candidates for statewide office or candi-
dates for a member of the legislature
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (k) of subdivision 2 of section 73-a of the
public officers law, as amended by section 7 of part QQ of chapter 56 of
the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
(k) The commission on ethics and lobbying in government shall post for
at least five years beginning for filings made on January first, two
thousand thirteen the annual statement of financial disclosure and any
amendments filed by each person subject to the reporting requirements of
this subdivision who is an elected official, CANDIDATE FOR STATEWIDE
OFFICE OR CANDIDATE FOR A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE, on its website for
public review within [thirty] FIVE days of its receipt of such statement
or within [ten] FIVE days of its receipt of such amendment that reflects
any corrections of deficiencies identified by the commission or by the
reporting individual after the reporting individual's initial filing.
Except upon an individual determination by the commission that certain
information may be deleted from a reporting individual's annual state-
ment of financial disclosure, none of the information in the statement
posted on the commission's website shall be otherwise deleted.
§ 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2023.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09838-02-2
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