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      S5843

2025-2026 Legislative Session Requires electronic filing of all lobbying filings

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James Skoufis

(D) 42nd Senate District

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Robert Jackson

(D, WF) 31st Senate District

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See Assembly Version of this Bill: A2330 Law Section: Legislative Law Laws Affected: Ren §§1-u & 1-v to be §§1-v & 1-w, add §1-u, Leg L Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session: S9009, A10302

2025-S5843

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          - Summary

Requires electronic filing of all lobbying filings with the commission on ethics and lobbying in government.

2025-S5843

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        - Sponsor Memo

BILL NUMBER: S5843

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the legislative law, in relation to requiring electronic
filing of all lobbying filings

 
PURPOSE:

This bill is intended to require electronic filing of all lobbying
filings.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 renumbers sections 1-v and 1-w of the Legislative Law and adds
a new section 1-u requiring all statements and reports required by the
Lobbying Act to be submitted electronically using the Commission on
Ethics and Lobbying on the Government's online filing system.

Section 2 is the effective date.
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      - Bill Text [download pdf](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/s5843)

S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K

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                               5843

                    2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                         I N  S E N A T E

                           March 3, 2025
                            ___________

Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 electronic
filing of all lobbying filings

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Sections 1-u and 1-v of the legislative law, section 1-v
as relettered by chapter 1 of the laws of 2005, are renumbered sections
1-v and 1-w and a new section 1-u is added to read as follows:
§ 1-U. ELECTRONIC FILING. ALL STATEMENTS AND REPORTS REQUIRED BY THIS
ARTICLE SHALL BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY USING THE COMMISSION'S ONLINE
FILING SYSTEM.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.

EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01969-01-5

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