Assembly Bill A4133

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the fair campaign code to require campaign literature and other mass media identify the person, political party or committee authorizing such media

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2021-A4133 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S851
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-106, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A813
2011-2012: A1958
2013-2014: A1102, S3814
2015-2016: A1029, S2558
2017-2018: A850, S4171
2019-2020: A6060, S2512
2023-2024: A4259, S114

2021-A4133 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the fair campaign code to require campaign literature and other mass media identify the person, political party or committee authorizing such material.

2021-A4133 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4133
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GUNTHER, ZEBROWSKI, STECK, J. RIVERA, ABINANTI,
   GALEF, MONTESANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  COLTON,  McDONOUGH
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the election law, in relation to media identification
   requirements in the fair campaign code

   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 as 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 REQUIRING THAT  ALL
 CAMPAIGN  LITERATURE, MEDIA ADVERTISEMENTS OR BROADCASTS, PUBLIC SPEECH-
 ES, PRESS RELEASES AND OTHER WRITING SHALL IDENTIFY  THE  PERSON,  POLI-
 TICAL PARTY OR COMMITTEE AUTHORIZING SUCH MATERIAL.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02734-01-1

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