NY State Senate Bill 2025-S9557

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 25, 2026	referred to ethics and internal governance

2025-S9557 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9559
Current Committee:: Senate Ethics And Internal Governance
Law Section:: Legislative Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§1-h & 1-j, Leg L

2025-S9557 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands disclosure requirements for lobbyists to include appropriations, gubernatorial or local executive orders and tribal-state agreements.

2025-S9557 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9557

SPONSOR: MAYER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the legislative law, in relation to requiring lobbyists
to disclose their positions on bills

 
PURPOSE OF BILL:

To require lobbyists and clients to disclose clients' positions on
legislation.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Subdivision (b) of section 1-h of the legislative law is
amended to require disclosure of full addresses and stances on bills in
bi-monthly reports.

Section 2. Subdivision (b) of section 1-j of the legislative law is
amended with similar provisions in semi-annual reports.

Section 3. Effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New York's lobbying disclosure laws are intended to promote transparency
and public confidence in governmental decision-making.  While current
law requires lobbyists and their clients to disclose the subjects on
which they lobby, it does not require disclosure of the position taken
on those matters. As a result, the public, policymakers, and oversight
bodies often lack a clear understanding of whether lobbying efforts are
in support of or in opposition to specific legislative, regulatory, or
governmental actions.

This bill addresses that gap by requiring lobbyists and their clients to
indicate, for each item lobbied on, whether their advocacy was in
support, in support with proposed amendments, in opposition, or in oppo-
sition absent proposed amendments. This additional level of disclosure
will provide meaningful context to existing reporting requirements and
allow for a more complete and accurate understanding of lobbying activ-
ity in New York State. Requiring disclosure of lobbying positions aligns
New York with best practices in government transparency and enhances the
utility of existing filings without imposing a significant new burden on
filers.

Greater transparency in lobbying activity is critical to maintaining
public trust and ensuring accountability. By clarifying not only what
issues are being lobbied, but how they are being influenced, this legis-
lation strengthens the integrity of New York's ethics and lobbying
disclosure framework.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become a law.

2025-S9557 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9557
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 25, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- 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 legislative law, in relation to requiring  lobbyists
   to disclose their positions on bills
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision (b) of section 1-h of the legislative  law,  as
 added  by  chapter  2 of the laws of 1999, and paragraph 3 as amended by
 chapter 14 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   (b) Such bi-monthly report shall contain:
   (1) the name, COMPLETE address INCLUDING APARTMENT OR SUITE NUMBER, IF
 ANY, and telephone number of the lobbyist;
   (2) the name, COMPLETE address INCLUDING APARTMENT OR SUITE NUMBER, IF
 ANY, and telephone number of the client by whom or on whose  behalf  the
 lobbyist is retained, employed or designated;
   (3) the following information on which the lobbyist has lobbied: (i) a
 description  of  the  general  subject or subjects, (ii) the legislative
 bill numbers of any bills AND, REGARDING AN APPROPRIATION  BILL  OR  ANY
 SUPPLEMENTAL  APPROPRIATION BILL, THE PARTICULAR ITEMS WITHIN THE APPRO-
 PRIATION BILL LOBBIED ON, (iii) the numbers or subject matter (if  there
 are  no  numbers)  of gubernatorial executive orders or executive orders
 issued by the chief  executive  officer  of  a  municipality,  (iv)  the
 subject matter of and tribes involved in tribal-state compacts, memoran-
 da  of understanding, or any other state-tribal agreements and any state
 actions related to class III gaming as provided in 25 U.S.C. § 2701, (v)
 the rule, regulation, and ratemaking or municipal  ordinance  or  resol-
 ution  numbers  of  any  rules,  regulations,  or  rates or ordinance or
 proposed rules, regulations, or rates or municipal ordinances or  resol-
 utions,  and (vi) the titles and any identifying numbers of any procure-
 ment contracts and other  documents  disseminated  by  a  state  agency,
 either house of the state legislature, the unified court system, munici-
 pal  agency  or local legislative body in connection with a governmental
 procurement;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD14278-01-5
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   (4) FOR EACH ITEM LISTED WITH REGARD TO PARAGRAPHS (I),  (III),  (VII)
 AND  (IX)  OF  SUBDIVISION (C) OF SECTION ONE-C OF THIS ARTICLE, WHETHER
 THE LOBBYING WAS IN SUPPORT, IN SUPPORT  WITH  PROPOSED  AMENDMENTS,  IN
 OPPOSITION,  OR  IN  OPPOSITION  ABSENT  PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ITEM
 LOBBIED ON;
   (5)  FOR EACH ITEM LISTED WITH REGARD TO PARAGRAPHS (II) AND (VIII) OF
 SUBDIVISION (C) OF SECTION ONE-C OF THIS ARTICLE, WHETHER  THE  LOBBYING
 WAS  WITH  REGARD TO THE ADOPTION, ISSUANCE, RESCISSION, MODIFICATION OR
 TERMS OF A GUBERNATORIAL OR LOCAL EXECUTIVE ORDER;
   (6) FOR EACH ITEM LISTED WITH REGARD TO PARAGRAPH (VI) OF  SUBDIVISION
 (C)  OF  SECTION  ONE-C  OF  THIS ARTICLE, WHETHER THE LOBBYING WAS WITH
 REGARD TO THE APPROVAL, DISAPPROVAL, IMPLEMENTATION OR ADMINISTRATION OF
 TRIBAL-STATE COMPACTS, MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING OR ANY  OTHER  TRIBAL-
 STATE  AGREEMENTS  AND  ANY  OTHER  STATE  ACTIONS  RELATED TO CLASS III
 GAMING;
   (7) the name of the person, organization, or legislative  body  before
 which the lobbyist has lobbied;
   [(5)]  (8)  (i) the compensation paid or owed to the lobbyist, and any
 expenses expended, received or incurred by the lobbyist for the  purpose
 of lobbying.
   (ii)  expenses required to be reported pursuant to subparagraph (i) of
 this paragraph shall be listed in the aggregate if seventy-five  dollars
 or  less  and  if  more than seventy-five dollars such expenses shall be
 detailed as to amount, to whom paid, and for  what  purpose;  and  where
 such  expense  is  more  than  seventy-five dollars on behalf of any one
 person, the name of such person shall be listed.
   (iii) for the purposes of this paragraph, expenses shall not include:
   (A) personal sustenance, lodging  and  travel  disbursements  of  such
 lobbyist;
   (B)  expenses, not in excess of five hundred dollars in any one calen-
 dar year, directly incurred for the printing or other means  of  reprod-
 uction or mailing of letters, memoranda or other written communications.
   (iv)  expenses  paid  or  incurred for salaries other than that of the
 lobbyist shall be listed in the aggregate.
   (v) expenses of more than fifty dollars shall  be  paid  by  check  or
 substantiated  by receipts and such checks and receipts shall be kept on
 file by the lobbyist for a period of three years.
   § 2. Subdivision (b) of section 1-j of the legislative law, as amended
 by chapter 1 of the laws of 2005 and paragraph 6 as added by section 7-b
 of part A of chapter 399 of the laws of 2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (b)  Such report shall be filed with the commission, on forms supplied
 by the commission, by the fifteenth day of July of the year and  by  the
 fifteenth  day  of January next following the year for which such report
 is made and shall contain:
   (1) the name, COMPLETE address INCLUDING APARTMENT AND  SUITE  NUMBER,
 IF ANY, and telephone number of the client;
   (2)  the  name, COMPLETE address INCLUDING APARTMENT AND SUITE NUMBER,
 IF ANY, and telephone number of  each  lobbyist  retained,  employed  or
 designated by such client;
   (3)  the  following  information  on  which  each  lobbyist  retained,
 employed or designated by such client has lobbied,  and  on  which  such
 client  has  lobbied:  (i)  a  description  of  the  general  subject or
 subjects, (ii) the legislative bill numbers of any bills AND,  REGARDING
 AN    APPROPRIATION  BILL  OR  ANY  SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION BILL, THE
 PARTICULAR ITEMS WITHIN  THE APPROPRIATION BILL LOBBIED  ON,  (iii)  the
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 numbers  or  subject  matter  (if there are no numbers) of gubernatorial
 executive orders or executive orders issued by the chief executive offi-
 cer of a municipality, (iv) the subject matter of and tribes involved in
 tribal-state  compacts,  memoranda of understanding, or any other state-
 tribal agreements and any state actions related to class III  gaming  as
 provided  in 25 U.S.C. 2701, (v) the rule, regulation, and ratemaking or
 municipal resolution or ordinance numbers of any rules, regulations,  or
 rates,  or  municipal resolutions or ordinances or proposed rules, regu-
 lations, or rates, or municipal ordinances or resolutions and  (vi)  the
 titles  and  any  identifying  numbers  of any procurement contracts and
 other documents disseminated by a state  agency,  either  house  of  the
 state  legislature,  the unified court system, municipal agency or local
 legislative body in connection with a governmental procurement;
   (4) FOR EACH ITEM LISTED WITH REGARD TO PARAGRAPHS (I),  (III),  (VII)
 AND  (IX)  OF  SUBDIVISION (C) OF SECTION ONE-C OF THIS ARTICLE, WHETHER
 THE LOBBYING WAS IN SUPPORT, IN SUPPORT  WITH  PROPOSED  AMENDMENTS,  IN
 OPPOSITION,  OR  IN  OPPOSITION  ABSENT  PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ITEM
 LOBBIED ON;
   (5) FOR EACH ITEM LISTED WITH REGARD TO PARAGRAPHS (II) AND (VIII)  OF
 SUBDIVISION  (C)  OF SECTION ONE-C OF THIS ARTICLE, WHETHER THE LOBBYING
 WAS WITH REGARD TO THE ADOPTION, ISSUANCE, RESCISSION,  MODIFICATION  OR
 TERMS OF A GUBERNATORIAL OR LOCAL EXECUTIVE ORDER;
   (6)  FOR EACH ITEM LISTED WITH REGARD TO PARAGRAPH (VI) OF SUBDIVISION
 (C) OF SECTION ONE-C OF THIS ARTICLE,  WHETHER  THE  LOBBYING  WAS  WITH
 REGARD TO THE APPROVAL, DISAPPROVAL, IMPLEMENTATION OR ADMINISTRATION OF
 TRIBAL-STATE  COMPACTS,  MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING OR ANY OTHER TRIBAL-
 STATE AGREEMENTS AND ANY  OTHER  STATE  ACTIONS  RELATED  TO  CLASS  III
 GAMING;
   (7)  the  name of the person, organization, or legislative body before
 which such client has lobbied;
   [(5)] (8) (i) the compensation paid or owed to each such lobbyist, and
 any other expenses paid or incurred by such client for  the  purpose  of
 lobbying.
   (ii) any expenses required to be reported pursuant to subparagraph (i)
 of  this  paragraph  shall  be  listed  in the aggregate if seventy-five
 dollars or less and if more  than  seventy-five  dollars  such  expenses
 shall  be detailed as to amount, to whom paid, and for what purpose; and
 where such expenses are more than seventy-five dollars on behalf of  any
 one person, the name of such person shall be listed.
   (iii) for the purposes of this paragraph, expenses shall not include:
   (A)  personal  sustenance,  lodging  and  travel disbursements of such
 lobbyist and client;
   (B) expenses, not in excess of five hundred dollars, directly incurred
 for the printing or other means of reproduction or mailing  of  letters,
 memoranda or other written communications.
   (iv)  expenses  paid  or  incurred for salaries other than that of the
 lobbyist shall be listed in the aggregate.
   (v) expenses of more than fifty dollars  must  be  paid  by  check  or
 substantiated  by receipts and such checks and receipts shall be kept on
 file by such client for a period of three years.
   [(6)] (9) (i) the name and public  office  address  of  any  statewide
 elected  official,  state officer or employee, member of the legislature
 or legislative employee and entity with whom the client  of  a  lobbyist
 has a reportable business relationship;
   (ii)  a  description  of the general subject or subjects of the trans-
 actions between the client of a lobbyist and the statewide elected offi-
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 cial, state officer or employee, member of the legislature  or  legisla-
 tive employee and entity; and
   (iii)  the  compensation,  including  expenses, to be paid and paid by
 virtue of the business relationship.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Ethics And Internal Governance Committee

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