STATE OF NEW YORK
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9557--B
Cal. No. 827
IN SENATE
March 25, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Ethics and Internal Gover-
nance -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first
report, amended on first report, ordered to a second report and
ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of second report
-- reported favorably from said committee to third reading, amended
and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third read-
ing
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:
1 Section 1. Subdivision (b) of section 1-h of the legislative law, as
2 added by chapter 2 of the laws of 1999, and paragraph 3 as amended by
3 chapter 14 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
4 (b) Such bi-monthly report shall contain:
5 (1) the name, complete address including apartment or suite number, if
6 any, and telephone number of the lobbyist;
7 (2) the name, complete address including apartment or suite number, if
8 any, and telephone number of the client by whom or on whose behalf the
9 lobbyist is retained, employed or designated;
10 (3) the following information on which the lobbyist has lobbied: (i) a
11 description of the general subject or subjects, (ii) the legislative
12 bill numbers of any bills and, regarding an appropriation bill or any
13 supplemental appropriation bill, the particular items within the appro-
14 priation bill lobbied on, (iii) the numbers or subject matter (if there
15 are no numbers) of gubernatorial executive orders or executive orders
16 issued by the chief executive officer of a municipality, (iv) the
17 subject matter of and tribes involved in tribal-state compacts, memoran-
18 da of understanding, or any other state-tribal agreements and any state
19 actions related to class III gaming as provided in 25 U.S.C. § 2701, (v)
20 the rule, regulation, and ratemaking or municipal ordinance or resol-
21 ution numbers of any rules, regulations, or rates or ordinance or
22 proposed rules, regulations, or rates or municipal ordinances or resol-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 utions, and (vi) the titles and any identifying numbers of any procure-
2 ment contracts and other documents disseminated by a state agency,
3 either house of the state legislature, the unified court system, munici-
4 pal agency or local legislative body in connection with a governmental
5 procurement;
6 (4) for each item listed with regard to paragraphs (i), (iii), (iv),
7 (vii), (ix) and (x) of subdivision (c) of section one-c of this article,
8 whether the lobbying was in support, in support with proposed amend-
9 ments, in opposition, or in opposition absent proposed amendments to the
10 item lobbied on;
11 (5) for each item listed with regard to paragraphs (ii) and (viii) of
12 subdivision (c) of section one-c of this article, whether the lobbying
13 was with regard to the adoption, issuance, rescission, modification or
14 terms of a gubernatorial or local executive order;
15 (6) for each item listed with regard to paragraph (vi) of subdivision
16 (c) of section one-c of this article, whether the lobbying was with
17 regard to the approval, disapproval, implementation or administration of
18 tribal-state compacts, memoranda of understanding or any other tribal-
19 state agreements and any other state actions related to Class III
20 gaming;
21 (7) the name of the person, organization, or legislative body before
22 which the lobbyist has lobbied;
23 [(5)] (8) (i) the compensation paid or owed to the lobbyist, and any
24 expenses expended, received or incurred by the lobbyist for the purpose
25 of lobbying.
26 (ii) expenses required to be reported pursuant to subparagraph (i) of
27 this paragraph shall be listed in the aggregate if seventy-five dollars
28 or less and if more than seventy-five dollars such expenses shall be
29 detailed as to amount, to whom paid, and for what purpose; and where
30 such expense is more than seventy-five dollars on behalf of any one
31 person, the name of such person shall be listed.
32 (iii) for the purposes of this paragraph, expenses shall not include:
33 (A) personal sustenance, lodging and travel disbursements of such
34 lobbyist;
35 (B) expenses, not in excess of five hundred dollars in any one calen-
36 dar year, directly incurred for the printing or other means of reprod-
37 uction or mailing of letters, memoranda or other written communications.
38 (iv) expenses paid or incurred for salaries other than that of the
39 lobbyist shall be listed in the aggregate.
40 (v) expenses of more than fifty dollars shall be paid by check or
41 substantiated by receipts and such checks and receipts shall be kept on
42 file by the lobbyist for a period of three years.
43 § 2. Subdivision (b) of section 1-j of the legislative law, as amended
44 by chapter 1 of the laws of 2005 and paragraph 6 as added by section 7-b
45 of part A of chapter 399 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as
46 follows:
47 (b) Such report shall be filed with the commission, on forms supplied
48 by the commission, by the fifteenth day of July of the year and by the
49 fifteenth day of January next following the year for which such report
50 is made and shall contain:
51 (1) the name, complete address including apartment and suite number,
52 if any, and telephone number of the client;
53 (2) the name, complete address including apartment and suite number,
54 if any, and telephone number of each lobbyist retained, employed or
55 designated by such client;
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1 (3) the following information on which each lobbyist retained,
2 employed or designated by such client has lobbied, and on which such
3 client has lobbied: (i) a description of the general subject or
4 subjects, (ii) the legislative bill numbers of any bills and, regarding
5 an appropriation bill or any supplemental appropriation bill, the
6 particular items within the appropriation bill lobbied on, (iii) the
7 numbers or subject matter (if there are no numbers) of gubernatorial
8 executive orders or executive orders issued by the chief executive offi-
9 cer of a municipality, (iv) the subject matter of and tribes involved in
10 tribal-state compacts, memoranda of understanding, or any other state-
11 tribal agreements and any state actions related to class III gaming as
12 provided in 25 U.S.C. 2701, (v) the rule, regulation, and ratemaking or
13 municipal resolution or ordinance numbers of any rules, regulations, or
14 rates, or municipal resolutions or ordinances or proposed rules, regu-
15 lations, or rates, or municipal ordinances or resolutions and (vi) the
16 titles and any identifying numbers of any procurement contracts and
17 other documents disseminated by a state agency, either house of the
18 state legislature, the unified court system, municipal agency or local
19 legislative body in connection with a governmental procurement;
20 (4) for each item listed with regard to paragraphs (i), (iii), (iv),
21 (vii), (ix) and (x) of subdivision (c) of section one-c of this article,
22 whether the lobbying was in support, in support with proposed amend-
23 ments, in opposition, or in opposition absent proposed amendments to the
24 item lobbied on;
25 (5) for each item listed with regard to paragraphs (ii) and (viii) of
26 subdivision (c) of section one-c of this article, whether the lobbying
27 was with regard to the adoption, issuance, rescission, modification or
28 terms of a gubernatorial or local executive order;
29 (6) for each item listed with regard to paragraph (vi) of subdivision
30 (c) of section one-c of this article, whether the lobbying was with
31 regard to the approval, disapproval, implementation or administration of
32 tribal-state compacts, memoranda of understanding or any other tribal-
33 state agreements and any other state actions related to Class III
34 gaming;
35 (7) the name of the person, organization, or legislative body before
36 which such client has lobbied;
37 [(5)] (8) (i) the compensation paid or owed to each such lobbyist, and
38 any other expenses paid or incurred by such client for the purpose of
39 lobbying.
40 (ii) any expenses required to be reported pursuant to subparagraph (i)
41 of this paragraph shall be listed in the aggregate if seventy-five
42 dollars or less and if more than seventy-five dollars such expenses
43 shall be detailed as to amount, to whom paid, and for what purpose; and
44 where such expenses are more than seventy-five dollars on behalf of any
45 one person, the name of such person shall be listed.
46 (iii) for the purposes of this paragraph, expenses shall not include:
47 (A) personal sustenance, lodging and travel disbursements of such
48 lobbyist and client;
49 (B) expenses, not in excess of five hundred dollars, directly incurred
50 for the printing or other means of reproduction or mailing of letters,
51 memoranda or other written communications.
52 (iv) expenses paid or incurred for salaries other than that of the
53 lobbyist shall be listed in the aggregate.
54 (v) expenses of more than fifty dollars must be paid by check or
55 substantiated by receipts and such checks and receipts shall be kept on
56 file by such client for a period of three years.
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1 [(6)] (9) (i) the name and public office address of any statewide
2 elected official, state officer or employee, member of the legislature
3 or legislative employee and entity with whom the client of a lobbyist
4 has a reportable business relationship;
5 (ii) a description of the general subject or subjects of the trans-
6 actions between the client of a lobbyist and the statewide elected offi-
7 cial, state officer or employee, member of the legislature or legisla-
8 tive employee and entity; and
9 (iii) the compensation, including expenses, to be paid and paid by
10 virtue of the business relationship.
11 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
12 it shall have become a law.
