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James Skoufis

Sponsor · State Senator, District 42 · Democratic

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Senate bill · S5843 (2025-26)

Requires electronic filing of all lobbying filings

PassedLatest action Mar 16, 2026

Summary

Requires electronic filing of all lobbying filings with the commission on ethics and lobbying in government.

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Where it stands

Passed the legislature and is awaiting a signature.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Up for a vote
  4. Passed one chamber
  5. Passed
  6. Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A2330, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Passed as A2330, the matching Assembly bill.

Amends the Legislative Law.

Committee

Ethics And Internal Governance · New York State Senate

Also referred to Governmental Operations · New York State Assembly.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

This bill is intended to require electronic filing of all lobbying filings.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

  • Vote: Floor vote

    NY SenateMar 16, 2026Result: passedSenate vote on A2330, the matching Assembly bill.

    (60) (2) (0) (1)

  • Vote: Committee vote · Ethics And Internal Governance

    Senate Ethics And Internal GovernanceMar 4, 2026Result: passed

    (6) (1) (0) (0)

  • Vote: Floor vote

    NY SenateJun 6, 2025Result: passed

    (50) (3) (0) (10)

  • Vote: Committee vote · Ethics And Internal Governance

    Senate Ethics And Internal GovernanceApr 29, 2025Result: passed

    (7) (0) (0) (0)

Cosponsors

Robert Jackson

  • Democratic1
See the full list on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

The sponsor's argument

Why James Skoufis says this is needed

Under current law, many lobbyists and clients file lobbying statements and reports via paper, which increases the burden on staff and delays the transparency of lobbying activity. Although most lobbyists and clients choose to file their lobbying reports using the Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government's online filing system maintained for this purpose, the Commission still receives approximately one thousand paper lobbying filings each year. These paper filings create an administrative burden for the agency, as staff must then enter the lobbying data into the online filing system by hand, which is very time-consuming. Since lobbying filings are not public until they are entered into the Commission's online filing system, the continued use of paper filings delays transparency to the public surrounding lobbying activity. Lobbying filings submitted using the Commission's online filing system, however, are available to the public immediately upon submission. Amending the Lobbying Act to require electronic filing of all lobbying reports would ease the administrative burden created by the submission of paper filings and promote transparency of lobbying activity by ensur- ing that all lobbying filings are available to the public upon submission to the Commission.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

  1. Mar 16, 2026

    3RD Reading CAL.452

    3RD READING CAL.452

    NY Senate

  2. Mar 16, 2026

    Passed a chamber

    PASSED SENATE

    NY Senate

  3. Mar 16, 2026

    Substituted

    SUBSTITUTED FOR S5843

    NY Senate

  4. Mar 9, 2026

    Advanced to Third Reading

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

    NY Senate

  5. Mar 5, 2026

    2ND Report CAL.

    2ND REPORT CAL.

    NY Senate

Show full history (17 earlier events)
  1. Mar 4, 2026

    1ST Report CAL.452

    1ST REPORT CAL.452

    NY Senate

  2. Mar 4, 2026

    Sent to the executive

    DELIVERED TO SENATE

    NY Assembly

  3. Mar 4, 2026

    Passed a chamber

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

    NY Assembly

  4. Mar 4, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO ETHICS AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE

    NY Senate

  5. Feb 26, 2026

    Advanced to Third Reading CAL.266

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.266

    NY Assembly

  6. Feb 25, 2026

    Reported out of committee

    REPORTED

    NY Assembly

  7. Jan 7, 2026

    Died in Assembly

    DIED IN ASSEMBLY

    NY Assembly

  8. Jan 7, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO ETHICS AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE

    NY Senate

  9. Jan 7, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    NY Assembly

  10. Jun 6, 2025

    Sent to the executive

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

    NY Senate

  11. Jun 6, 2025

    Passed a chamber

    PASSED SENATE

    NY Senate

  12. Jun 6, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    NY Assembly

  13. Apr 30, 2025

    Advanced to Third Reading

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

    NY Senate

  14. Apr 29, 2025

    2ND Report CAL.

    2ND REPORT CAL.

    NY Senate

  15. Apr 28, 2025

    1ST Report CAL.703

    1ST REPORT CAL.703

    NY Senate

  16. Mar 3, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO ETHICS AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE

    NY Senate

  17. Jan 16, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    NY Assembly

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