Senate Bill S450

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits certain lobbyists and political consultants from being affiliated with each other, or engaging in the other's profession

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Ethics And Internal Governance Committee


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

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2021-S450 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6467
Current Committee:
Senate Ethics And Internal Governance
Law Section:
Legislative Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1-c & 1-m, Leg L; amd §§14-100, 14-102 & 14-104, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S5009, A7657
2015-2016: S4690, A6585
2017-2018: S1449, A6006
2019-2020: S5893, A7043

2021-S450 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits certain lobbyists from engaging in political consulting for state public officials or candidates for state office, and prohibits political consultants or anyone they are affiliated with from lobbying state officers; requires election financial disclosure statements to include a listing of all political consulting services provided to a campaign.

2021-S450 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S450 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    450
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- 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  prohibiting  lobby-
   ists from engaging in political consulting of candidates for and hold-
   ers of state office and prohibiting certain political consultants from
   engaging in compensated lobbying and lobbying activities; and to amend
   the  election  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  the reporting of the
   provision of political consulting services
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 1-c of the legislative law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision (x) to read as follows:
   (X) THE  TERM  "POLITICAL  CONSULTING"  SHALL  MEAN  AND  INCLUDE  THE
 PROVISION,  FOR COMPENSATION, TO ANY STATE PUBLIC OFFICIAL, CANDIDATE OR
 PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATE FOR AN ELECTED STATE OFFICE OF ADVICE, SERVICES OR
 ASSISTANCE IN SECURING SUCH PUBLIC OFFICE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 CAMPAIGN MANAGEMENT, FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES, PUBLIC RELATIONS  OR  MEDIA
 SERVICES,  BUT  SHALL  EXCLUDE  BONA FIDE LEGAL WORK DIRECTLY RELATED TO
 LITIGATION OR LEGAL ADVICE WITH  REGARD  TO  SECURING  A  PLACE  ON  THE
 BALLOT,  THE  PETITIONING  PROCESS,  THE CONDUCT OF AN ELECTION OR WHICH
 INVOLVES THE ELECTION LAW.
   § 2. Section 1-m of the legislative law, as added by chapter 14 of the
 laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   § 1-m. Prohibition of gifts AND POLITICAL CONSULTING.  (A) No individ-
 ual or entity required to be  listed  on  a  statement  of  registration
 pursuant  to this article shall offer or give a gift to any public offi-
 cial as defined within this article, unless under the  circumstances  it
 is  not reasonable to infer that the gift was intended to influence such
 public official. No individual or entity required  to  be  listed  on  a
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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