Bill Text: NY S09921 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the public campaign finance board to accept an application/certification form jointly signed by candidates for governor and lieutenant governor for eligibility to participate in public matching funds.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 6)
Status: (Introduced) 2026-04-16 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S09921 Detail]
Download: New_York-2025-S09921-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9921 IN SENATE April 16, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections AN ACT to authorize the public campaign finance board to accept an application/certification form jointly signed by candidates for gover- nor and lieutenant governor for eligibility to participate in public matching funds The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contra- 2 ry, the public campaign finance board shall accept for purposes of 3 determining eligibility for public matching funds for the 2026 election 4 cycle pursuant to title 2 of article 14 of the election law, a joint 5 certification form as required by 9 NYCRR 6221.26 (e) (2), which is 6 designated as PCF-22 type 1P application/certification form, which form 7 shall be signed by both the candidate for governor and lieutenant gover- 8 nor on the same form together with the notarization of such signatures 9 as it relates to any of the candidates for governor as listed in public 10 campaign finance board resolution 2026-07, which form shall be filed 11 with the public campaign finance board within seven days after the 12 effective date of this act. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15470-01-6
