S 6292: Relates to requiring the joint commission on public ethics to develop and maintain a campaign finance training course; requires all members of the legislature, their staff treasurer and all individuals running for elected office to complete the campaign finance training course.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6292 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE March 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- 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 executive law, in relation to requiring the joint commission on public ethics to develop and maintain a campaign finance training course; and to amend the legislative law, in relation to requiring all members of the legislature, their staff treasurers and all individuals running for elected office to complete the campaign finance training course The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 94 of the executive law is amended 2 by adding a new paragraph (l) is added to read as follows: 3 (l) The commission shall develop and maintain a campaign finance 4 training course for members of the legislature, their staff treasurers 5 and members of the general public running for elected office. Such 6 course shall be designed to help individuals in understanding and 7 complying with current campaign finance requirements under state law, 8 legislative rules and federal law. The course shall be available in 9 person and on the internet and shall include provisions for verifying 10 when an individual has successfully completed the course. 11 § 2. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 81 to read 12 as follows: 13 § 81. Campaign finance training course. 1. Each member of the legisla- 14 ture, their staff treasurer and any member of the general public who is 15 running for elected office shall annually complete the campaign finance 16 training course developed by the joint commission on public ethics 17 pursuant to paragraph (l) of subdivision nine of section ninety-four of 18 the executive law. 19 2. Legislators and staff treasurers shall verify the completion on 20 their annual legislative financial disclosure form. Members of the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10383-01-5 
 S. 6292 2 1 general public running for elected office shall verify the completion on 2 their required campaign finance forms. 3 3. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall be 4 punishable by a fine of three hundred dollars. If failure is not reme- 5 died within ninety days then there will be an additional three hundred 6 dollar fine imposed. 7 § 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.