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S 6162: Requires electronic filing of all financial disclosure statements with the commission on ethics and lobbying in government.
What S 6162 does, verified January 10, 2026
The bill requires all public officials to submit their financial disclosure statements electronically, starting from the 2026 calendar year. Individuals who need to file a statement can request access to an electronic computer terminal from the commission or their appointing authority. They must be provided access within two business days of submitting the request. If access is not available, the individual is not considered late in filing the statement. Additionally, individuals with disabilities can submit the statement on a form supplied by the commission with a written attestation from a healthcare provider. The changes take effect immediately.
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 6162
- What is the current status of S 6162?
- As of January 10, 2026, S 6162 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 6162 pass?
- Not yet. S 6162 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 6162, and where is it now?
- S 6162 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 |
| Mar. 06, 2025 | REFERRED TO ETHICS AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 6, 2025 · 344 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6162 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 6, 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 elec- tronic filing of all financial disclosure statements The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 73-a of the public officers law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (l) to read as follows: 3 (l) (i) Beginning with the statement due in calendar year two thousand 4 twenty-six, all statements shall be submitted on the electronic filing 5 system administered by the commission on ethics and lobbying in govern- 6 ment. 7 (ii) Any individual required to file a statement pursuant to this 8 section may request from the commission on ethics and lobbying in 9 government or the individual's appointing authority access to an elec- 10 tronic computer terminal to file the statement. An individual who 11 requests such access must be provided access within two business days of 12 submitting the request. 13 (iii) No individual shall be deemed not to have timely filed the 14 statement if access to an electronic computer terminal was not available 15 as provided in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph. 16 (iv) An individual may submit the statement on a form supplied by the 17 commission on ethics and lobbying in government with a written attesta- 18 tion from a physician or other licensed health provider indicating that 19 the individual has a disability or infirmity preventing the individual 20 from completing the statement on the electronic filing system provided 21 by the commission on ethics and lobbying in government. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09806-01-5
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