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Senate Bill S6292

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires the joint commission on public ethics to develop a campaign finance course and requiring all members of the legislature, staff treasurers and all individuals running for office to complete the course

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2025-S6292 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Ethics And Internal Governance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §94, Exec L; add §81, Leg L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S3773
2017-2018: S4503
2019-2020: S1993
2021-2022: S5193
2023-2024: S5005

2025-S6292 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring the joint commission on public ethics to develop and maintain a campaign finance training course; requires all members of the legislature, their staff treasurer and all individuals running for elected office to complete the campaign finance training course.

2025-S6292 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6292 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6292
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- 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 executive law, in relation to  requiring  the  joint
   commission on public ethics to develop and maintain a campaign finance
   training  course;  and  to  amend  the legislative law, in relation to
   requiring all members of the legislature, their staff  treasurers  and
   all  individuals  running  for elected office to complete the campaign
   finance training course
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 94 of the executive law is amended
 by adding a new paragraph (l) is added to read as follows:
   (L)  THE  COMMISSION  SHALL  DEVELOP  AND  MAINTAIN A CAMPAIGN FINANCE
 TRAINING COURSE FOR MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE, THEIR  STAFF  TREASURERS
 AND  MEMBERS  OF  THE  GENERAL  PUBLIC  RUNNING FOR ELECTED OFFICE. SUCH
 COURSE SHALL BE  DESIGNED  TO  HELP  INDIVIDUALS  IN  UNDERSTANDING  AND
 COMPLYING  WITH  CURRENT  CAMPAIGN FINANCE REQUIREMENTS UNDER STATE LAW,
 LEGISLATIVE RULES AND FEDERAL LAW. THE  COURSE  SHALL  BE  AVAILABLE  IN
 PERSON  AND  ON  THE INTERNET AND SHALL INCLUDE PROVISIONS FOR VERIFYING
 WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE COURSE.
   § 2. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 81 to read
 as follows:
   § 81. CAMPAIGN FINANCE TRAINING COURSE. 1. EACH MEMBER OF THE LEGISLA-
 TURE, THEIR STAFF TREASURER AND ANY MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO  IS
 RUNNING  FOR ELECTED OFFICE SHALL ANNUALLY COMPLETE THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE
 TRAINING COURSE DEVELOPED BY  THE  JOINT  COMMISSION  ON  PUBLIC  ETHICS
 PURSUANT  TO PARAGRAPH (L) OF SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION NINETY-FOUR OF
 THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   2. LEGISLATORS AND STAFF TREASURERS SHALL  VERIFY  THE  COMPLETION  ON
 THEIR  ANNUAL  LEGISLATIVE  FINANCIAL  DISCLOSURE  FORM.  MEMBERS OF THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10383-01-5

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