A 7456: Requires registration and the disclosure of information relating to lobbying for the nomination or confirmation of persons to state office.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7456 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 28, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, COLTON, REYES, ROSEN- THAL, RAGA, DAVILA, LEVENBERG, SHRESTHA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to lobbying for the confirmation of persons to state office The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1-a of the legislative law, as added by chapter 2 2 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 1-a. Legislative declaration. The legislature hereby declares that 4 the operation of responsible democratic government requires that the 5 fullest opportunity be afforded to the people to petition their govern- 6 ment for the redress of grievances and to express freely to appropriate 7 officials their opinions on legislation and governmental operations; and 8 that, to preserve and maintain the integrity of the governmental deci- 9 sion-making process in this state, it is necessary that the identity, 10 expenditures and activities of persons and organizations retained, 11 employed or designated to influence the passage or defeat of any legis- 12 lation by either house of the legislature [or], the approval, or veto, 13 of any legislation by the governor [and], the nomination or confirmation 14 of any person to a state office, attempts to influence the adoption or 15 rejection of any rule or regulation having the force and effect of law 16 or the outcome of any rate making proceeding by a state agency, and the 17 attempts to influence the passage or defeat of any local law, ordinance, 18 or regulation be publicly and regularly disclosed. 19 § 2. Paragraphs (ix) and (x) of subdivision (c) of section 1-c of the 20 legislative law, as added by chapter 1 of the laws of 2005, are amended 21 and a new paragraph (xi) is added to read as follows: 22 (ix) the adoption or rejection of any rule, regulation, or resolution 23 having the force and effect of a local law, ordinance, resolution, or 24 regulation; [or] EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00733-01-5 
 A. 7456 2 1 (x) the outcome of any rate making proceeding by any municipality or 2 subdivision thereof[.]; or 3 (xi) the nomination or confirmation of any person for a position 4 subject to confirmation by the senate. 5 § 3. Paragraph 5 of subdivision (c) of section 1-e of the legislative 6 law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as 7 follows: 8 (5) the following information on which the lobbyist expects to lobby: 9 (i) a description of the general subject or subjects, (ii) the legisla- 10 tive bill numbers of any bills, (iii) the numbers or subject matter (if 11 there are no numbers) of gubernatorial executive orders or executive 12 orders issued by the chief executive officer of a municipality, (iv) the 13 subject matter of and tribes involved in tribal-state compacts, memoran- 14 da of understanding, or any other state-tribal agreements and any state 15 actions related to class III gaming as provided in 25 U.S.C. § 2701, (v) 16 the rule, regulation, and ratemaking numbers of any rules, regulations, 17 rates, or municipal ordinances and resolutions, or proposed rules, regu- 18 lations, or rates, or municipal ordinances and resolutions, [and] (vi) 19 the titles and any identifying numbers of any procurement contracts and 20 other documents disseminated by a state agency, either house of the 21 state legislature, the unified court system, municipal agency or local 22 legislative body in connection with a governmental procurement, and 23 (vii) for nominations or confirmations, the offices and nominees or 24 potential nominees; 25 § 4. Paragraph 3 of subdivision (b) of section 1-h of the legislative 26 law, as amended by chapter 14 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as 27 follows: 28 (3) the following information on which the lobbyist has lobbied: (i) a 29 description of the general subject or subjects, (ii) the legislative 30 bill numbers of any bills, (iii) the numbers or subject matter (if there 31 are no numbers) of gubernatorial executive orders or executive orders 32 issued by the chief executive officer of a municipality, (iv) the 33 subject matter of and tribes involved in tribal-state compacts, memoran- 34 da of understanding, or any other state-tribal agreements and any state 35 actions related to class III gaming as provided in 25 U.S.C. § 2701, (v) 36 the rule, regulation, and ratemaking or municipal ordinance or resol- 37 ution numbers of any rules, regulations, or rates or ordinance or 38 proposed rules, regulations, or rates or municipal ordinances or resol- 39 utions, [and] (vi) the titles and any identifying numbers of any 40 procurement contracts and other documents disseminated by a state agen- 41 cy, either house of the state legislature, the unified court system, 42 municipal agency or local legislative body in connection with a govern- 43 mental procurement, and (vii) for nominations or confirmations, the 44 offices and nominees or potential nominees; 45 § 5. Paragraph 3 of subdivision (b) of section 1-j of the legislative 46 law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as 47 follows: 48 (3) the following information on which each lobbyist retained, 49 employed or designated by such client has lobbied, and on which such 50 client has lobbied: (i) a description of the general subject or 51 subjects, (ii) the legislative bill numbers of any bills, (iii) the 52 numbers or subject matter (if there are no numbers) of gubernatorial 53 executive orders or executive orders issued by the chief executive offi- 54 cer of a municipality, (iv) the subject matter of and tribes involved in 55 tribal-state compacts, memoranda of understanding, or any other state- 56 tribal agreements and any state actions related to class III gaming as 
 A. 7456 3 1 provided in 25 U.S.C. 2701, (v) the rule, regulation, and ratemaking or 2 municipal resolution or ordinance numbers of any rules, regulations, or 3 rates, or municipal resolutions or ordinances or proposed rules, regu- 4 lations, or rates, or municipal ordinances or resolutions [and], (vi) 5 the titles and any identifying numbers of any procurement contracts and 6 other documents disseminated by a state agency, either house of the 7 state legislature, the unified court system, municipal agency or local 8 legislative body in connection with a governmental procurement, and 9 (vii) for nominations or confirmations, the offices and nominees or 10 potential nominees; 11 § 6. Paragraph 1 of subdivision (a) of section 1-k of the legislative 12 law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as 13 follows: 14 (1) (A) the passage or defeat of any legislative bill or the approval 15 or veto of any legislation by the governor, (B) the terms, issuance, 16 modification or rescission of a gubernatorial executive order, (C) the 17 terms, approval or disapproval, or the implementation and administration 18 of tribal-state compacts, memoranda of understanding, or any other 19 tribal-state agreements and any state actions related to class III 20 gaming as provided in 25 U.S.C. 2701, [or] (D) the adoption or rejection 21 of any code, rule or regulation having the force and effect of law or 22 the outcome of any rate making proceeding by a state agency, or (E) the 23 nomination or confirmation, or defeat of a nomination or confirmation, 24 of any person for a position subject to confirmation by the senate; 25 § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.