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Senate Bill S8505

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits line-item appropriations for organizations engaged in political activities

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2025-S8505 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §53-e, St Fin L

2025-S8505 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits line-item appropriations, grants, or disbursements from lump sum appropriations to be directed to organizations engaged in political activities.

2025-S8505 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8505 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8505
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                            September 12, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to prohibiting  line-
   item appropriations for organizations engaged in political activities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 53-e to read as follows:
   §  53-E.  PROHIBITION  ON  LINE-ITEM  APPROPRIATIONS FOR ORGANIZATIONS
 ENGAGED IN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,
 THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "POLITICAL  ACTIVITY" MEANS ANY ACTION, COMMUNICATION OR EXPENDI-
 TURE WHICH CONSTITUTES PARTICIPATION OR INTERVENTION, DIRECTLY OR  INDI-
 RECTLY,  IN  ANY POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ON BEHALF OF OR IN OPPOSITION TO ANY
 CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE, POLITICAL PARTY, FUNDRAISING, OR  VOTER  REGISTRA-
 TION.
   (B) "CANDIDATE FOR PUBLIC OFFICE" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO OFFERS THEM-
 SELF,  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
 TO BE A CANDIDATE FOR PUBLIC OFFICE FOR THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION
 UPON  THE  OCCURRENCE OF ANY OF THE ACTIONS SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION ONE
 OF SECTION 14-100 OF THE ELECTION LAW.
   2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IT SHALL BE PROHIBITED FOR
 ANY LINE-ITEM APPROPRIATION, GRANT, OR  DISBURSEMENT  FROM  A  LUMP  SUM
 APPROPRIATION PURSUANT TO A RESOLUTION OR MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO
 BE DIRECTED TO ANY ORGANIZATION OR ENTITY ENGAGED IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13695-01-5

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