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A 11706: Prohibits certain election officials from overseeing an election if they are a part of a political action committee or independent expenditure committee for a candidate; defines "political action committee" and "independent expenditure committee".
What A 11706 does, verified September 27, 2026
<p> This act amends the New York Election Law to prohibit specific election officials from holding financial or managerial roles in political committees related to the elections they oversee. The legislation explicitly forbids any election commissioner from serving as a treasurer or having operational control or managerial influence over a political action committee or independent expenditure committee for a candidate in an election they are supervising. Similarly, the law prevents any board member from serving as a treasurer or having operational control or managerial influence over such committees for a candidate in an election they are overseeing. The terms "political action committee" and "independent expenditure committee" retain their existing definitions found in section 14-100 of the chapter. This act takes effect immediately upon introduction. </p>
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Last action: referred to election law (2026-09-02)Alert me
Quick answers about A 11706
- What is the current status of A 11706?
- As of September 27, 2026, A 11706 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on September 2, 2026, was "referred to election law".
- Did A 11706 pass?
- Not yet. A 11706 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 11706, and where is it now?
- A 11706 was authored by Asm. Keith Powers. Its committee of record is Assembly Election Law.
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| Sep. 02, 2026 | referred to election law |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, September 2, 2026 · 352 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 11706 IN ASSEMBLY September 2, 2026 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Powers) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting certain election officials from being in political action committees and inde- pendent expenditure committees The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 3-100 of the election law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 6 to read as follows: 3 6. No commissioner shall serve as treasurer of, or have operational 4 control or managerial influence over, a political action committee or 5 independent expenditure committee for a candidate in an election such 6 commissioner is overseeing. For the purposes of this subdivision, the 7 following terms shall have the following meanings: 8 (a) "Independent expenditure committee" shall have the same meaning as 9 such term is defined in section 14-100 of this chapter. 10 (b) "Political action committee" shall have the same meaning as such 11 term is defined in section 14-100 of this chapter. 12 § 2. Section 3-200 of the election law is amended by adding a new 13 subdivision 8 to read as follows: 14 8. No board member shall serve as treasurer of, or have operational 15 control or managerial influence over, a political action committee or 16 independent expenditure committee for a candidate in an election such 17 board member is overseeing. For the purposes of this subdivision, the 18 following terms shall have the following meanings: 19 (a) "Independent expenditure committee" shall have the same meaning as 20 such term is defined in section 14-100 of this chapter. 21 (b) "Political action committee" shall have the same meaning as such 22 term is defined in section 14-100 of this chapter. 23 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15713-03-6
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