Assembly Bill A9059

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the attorney general to provide guidance and educational materials to charitable organizations upon registration with the attorney general

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2025-A9059 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §172, Exec L

2025-A9059 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the attorney general to provide guidance and educational materials to charitable organizations upon registration with the attorney general; requires such materials to include information on continued registration and financial reporting obligations and on additional registration requirements to receive financial assistance or funds from the state.

2025-A9059 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9059
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 5, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the attorney
   general to provide certain  information  to  charitable  organizations
   upon registration

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 172 of executive law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 11 to read as follows:
   11.  THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL DEVELOP GUIDANCE AND EDUCATIONAL MATE-
 RIALS THAT SHALL, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, BE PROVIDED  TO  CHARITABLE
 ORGANIZATIONS  UPON  THEIR  REGISTRATION WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. SUCH
 GUIDANCE AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS SHALL,  AT  A  MINIMUM,  CONTAIN  THE
 FOLLOWING:
   (A)  INFORMATION  ON  CONTINUED  REGISTRATION  AND FINANCIAL REPORTING
 OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS ARTICLE; AND
   (B) INFORMATION ON ANY ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS THAT  MUST
 BE  MET FOR A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION TO RECEIVE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR
 ANY FUNDS FROM THE STATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13637-01-5

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