A 2578 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Requires legislators and candidates for member of the legislature to provide a link to their financial disclosure statements on their official state and campaign websites

Summary

Requires legislators and candidates for members of the legislature to provide a link to their financial disclosure statements on their official state and campaign websites which shall direct website visitors to the current financial disclosure form that the legislator has submitted.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 17, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026

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A2578 → A2578A · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill amends financial disclosure requirements for New York legislators and candidates, requiring them to post links to their most recent redacted and searchable financial disclosure forms on their official websites and campaign sites. The changes update the link title from 'MY FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS' to 'MY ANNUAL STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE' and clarify that candidates must link to forms received from the legislative ethics commission.

Scope change

The bill applies to legislators and candidates for legislative office, requiring website disclosure of financial statements.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the required website link title from 'MY FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS' to 'MY ANNUAL STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE' for both legislators and candidates.

Updated the disclosure requirement to direct visitors to the most recent redacted and searchable financial disclosure form received from the legislative ethics commission, rather than current and past forms submitted to the commission.

Changed the candidate website requirement from 'any website' to 'a website' for service in official campaign capacity.

TECHNICAL

Removed the requirement for legislators to file statements electronically in a specific format and replaced it with a requirement that the legislative ethics commission provide statements in searchable format.

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Amendments

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 2578A

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

lower

Jan 17, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

lower

1 primary · 3 co-sponsors