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Assembly Bill A9067

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Eliminates nonprofit tax exemptions for entities engaged in political activity

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2025-A9067 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8475
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Add §27-a, amd §1116, Tax L; amd §§420-a & 420-b, RPT L

2025-A9067 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eliminates nonprofit tax exemptions for entities engaged in political activity.

2025-A9067 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9067
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 5, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SIMONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the tax law and the real property tax law, in relation
   to eliminating nonprofit tax exemptions for entities engaged in  poli-
   tical activity
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 27-a to read
 as follows:
   § 27-A. SUSPENSION OF TAX-EXEMPT STATUS FOR POLITICAL CAMPAIGN  ACTIV-
 ITY.    1.  DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING
 TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) THE TERM "NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION" MEANS ANY  CORPORATION,  ASSOCI-
 ATION,  TRUST,  COMMUNITY  CHEST, FUND, FOUNDATION, OR LIMITED LIABILITY
 COMPANY ORGANIZED AND OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, OR
 EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES, OR FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY  TO  CHILDREN  OR
 ANIMALS,  AND NO PART OF THE NET EARNINGS OF WHICH INURES TO THE BENEFIT
 OF ANY PRIVATE SHAREHOLDER OR INDIVIDUAL.
   (B) THE TERM "POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITY" MEANS ANY  ACTION  COMMUNI-
 CATION  OR  EXPENDITURE WHICH CONSTITUTES PARTICIPATION OR INTERVENTION,
 DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN ANY POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ON  BEHALF  OF  OR  IN
 OPPOSITION TO ANY CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE.
   (C)  THE  TERM  "CANDIDATE  FOR PUBLIC OFFICE" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO
 OFFERS THEMSELF, OR IS  PROPOSED  BY  OTHERS,  AS  A  CONTESTANT  FOR  A
 NATIONAL, STATE, OR LOCAL ELECTIVE PUBLIC OFFICE, WHETHER SUCH OFFICE IS
 TO  BE  FILLED  AT A PRIMARY, GENERAL OR SPECIAL ELECTION. AN INDIVIDUAL
 SHALL BE DEEMED A CANDIDATE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS  ARTICLE  UPON  THE
 OCCURRENCE OF ANY OF THE ACTIONS SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION
 14-100 OF THE ELECTION LAW.
   (D) THE TERM "CONTRIBUTION" SHALL HAVE THE MEANING SET FORTH IN SUBDI-
 VISION NINE OF SECTION 14-100 OF THE ELECTION LAW.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13564-02-5
              

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