Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A10650

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to public financing contributions that are not matchable for purposes of public financing

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

2023-A10650 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §14-200-a, El L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A5023

2023-A10650 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that election contributions made in cash, or in bitcoin or any other form of cryptocurrency are not matchable for purposes of public financing.

2023-A10650 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10650
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 22, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Jacobson) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election  law,  in relation to public financing
   contributions that are not matchable for purposes of public financing
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subparagraphs (xi) and (xii) of paragraph (b) of subdivi-
 sion 11 of section 14-200-a of the election law, as added by  section  4
 of  part  ZZZ  of  chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, are amended and a new
 subparagraph (xiii) is added to read as follows:
   (xi) contributions from lobbyists registered pursuant  to  subdivision
 (a) of section one-c of the legislative law; [and]
   (xii)  any  portion of a contribution when the aggregate contributions
 are in excess of two hundred fifty dollars from any one  contributor  to
 such participating candidate for nomination or election[.]; AND
   (XIII)  CONTRIBUTIONS MADE IN CASH, OR IN BITCOIN OR ANY OTHER FORM OF
 CRYPTOCURRENCY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15891-01-4

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.