Assembly Actions -
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Jul 14, 2020 |
held for consideration in election law |
Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to election law |
Feb 01, 2019 |
referred to election law |
Assembly Bill A4084
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
MONTESANO
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Joseph Giglio
David DiPietro
multi-Sponsors
Clifford Crouch
Harvey Epstein
2019-A4084 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A4084 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4084 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 1, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MONTESANO, GIGLIO, DiPIETRO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH, EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting the delib- erate misrepresentation of the character or fitness of a candidate to hold public office THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 3-106 of the election law, as amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 1978 and redesignated by chapter 9 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows: 1. In addition to the powers and duties elsewhere enumerated in this article, the state board of elections, after public hearings, shall adopt a "fair campaign code" setting forth ethical standards of conduct for persons, political parties and committees engaged in election campaigns including, but not limited to, specific prohibitions against practices of political espionage and other political practices involving subversion of the political parties and process AND SPECIFIC PROHIBI- TIONS AGAINST DELIBERATE MISREPRESENTATION OF THE CHARACTER OR FITNESS OF A CANDIDATE TO HOLD PUBLIC OFFICE, INCLUDING THE USE OF A CANDIDATE'S IMAGE, NAME, OR LIKENESS IN A MANNER WHICH IS MISLEADING. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08287-01-9
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