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S 5169: Requires certain individuals to file financial disclosure forms.
What S 5169 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill requires certain individuals to file annual financial disclosure forms. These individuals include: statewide elected officials, state officers and employees, members of the legislature, legislative employees, and political party chairs. candidates for statewide elected office or for a seat in the legislature, and members of regional economic development councils. The forms must contain information in a specific form and be filed with the Legislative Ethics Commission or the Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government. The forms must be filed on specific dates, with members of the legislature and their candidates filing on June 30th, and others filing on May 15th. The bill takes effect on the first day of June following the date of its passage.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO ETHICS AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 5169
- What is the current status of S 5169?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 5169 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO ETHICS AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE".
- Did S 5169 pass?
- Not yet. S 5169 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 5169, and where is it now?
- S 5169 was authored by Sen. James Skoufis. Its committee of record is Senate Ethics & Internal Governance.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO ETHICS AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE |
| Feb. 19, 2025 | REFERRED TO ETHICS AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 19, 2025 · 369 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5169 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 19, 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 public officers law, in relation to requiring certain individuals to file financial disclosure forms The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of 2 section 73-a of the public officers law, as amended by section 7 of part 3 QQ of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 4 Every statewide elected official, state officer or employee, member of 5 the legislature, legislative employee and political party chair [and], 6 every candidate for statewide elected office or for member of the legis- 7 lature, and any member of a regional economic development council (even 8 if such member is a volunteer) shall file an annual statement of finan- 9 cial disclosure containing the information and in the form set forth in 10 subdivision three of this section. On or before the fifteenth day of May 11 with respect to the preceding calendar year: (1) every member of the 12 legislature, every candidate for member of the legislature and legisla- 13 tive employee shall file such statement with the legislative ethics 14 commission which shall provide such statement along with any requests 15 for exemptions or deletions to the commission on ethics and lobbying in 16 government for filing and rulings with respect to such requests for 17 exemptions or deletions, on or before the thirtieth day of June; and (2) 18 all other individuals required to file such statement shall file it with 19 the commission on ethics and lobbying in government, except that: 20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of June next succeeding 21 the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08897-01-5
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