Assembly Bill A5843

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires a candidate for office to file additional information about the candidate's educational background, military service history, and employment history

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A5843 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6628
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§14-104, 16-114, 3-102 & 14-126, El L

2023-A5843 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a candidate for office to file additional information about the candidate's educational background, military service history, and employment history and provides penalties for violations.

2023-A5843 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5843
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SHIMSKY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring  a  candidate
   for office to file additional information about the candidate's educa-
   tional  background,  military  service,  and  employment  history  and
   providing penalties for violations

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short title.  This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "Candidate Truth in Background Disclosures Act".
   § 2. The section heading and subdivision 1 of section  14-104  of  the
 election  law, the section heading as amended by chapter 430 of the laws
 of 1997, and subdivision 1 as amended by section 1 of part C of  chapter
 286 of the laws of 2016, are amended to read as follows:
   Statements of campaign receipts, contributions, transfers and expendi-
 tures  by  and  to  candidates  AND  OF EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND, MILITARY
 SERVICE HISTORY AND EMPLOYMENT  HISTORY.  1.    (A)  Any  candidate  for
 election  to  public  office,  or  for nomination for public office at a
 contested primary election or convention, or for  election  to  a  party
 position  at  a  primary  election,  shall  file  statements  sworn,  or
 subscribed and bearing a form notice that false statements made  therein
 are  punishable  as  a class A misdemeanor pursuant to section 210.45 of
 the penal law, at the times prescribed by this article setting forth the
 particulars specified by section 14-102  of  this  article,  as  to  all
 moneys  or  other  valuable things, paid, given, expended or promised by
 him or her to aid his or her own nomination or election, or  to  promote
 the  success  or defeat of a political party, or to aid or influence the
 nomination or election or the defeat of any other candidate to be  voted
 for  at  the  election or primary election or at a convention, including
 contributions to political committees, officers, members or agents ther-
 eof, and transfers, receipts and contributions to him or her to be  used
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08634-04-3
              

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