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NY A07860

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/28/2021

Primary Sponsor

Jo Simon

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Origin

Assembly

2021-2022 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Permits candidates to use campaign contributions to pay for disability access services, including captioning, sign language interpretation, assistive listening devices, Braille, large print, CART (communication access real-time translation), and accessible transportation services.

  • Allows candidates to use campaign contributions for language interpretation and translation services.

  • Clarifies that public matching funds may be used to pay for disability access services and language interpretation or translation services.

  • Removes expenditure limitations on public funds provided to candidates specifically for disability access services or language interpretation and translation services.

  • Takes effect 180 days after becoming law, with sections relating to public matching funds effective on the same date as prior campaign finance law provisions.

Legislative Description

Allows public campaign funds to be used for disability access services including but not limited to captioning, sign language interpretation, assistive listening device, Braille, large print, communication access real-time translation and accessible transportation services and to be used for language interpretation and translation services.

Last Action

referred to election law

1/5/2022

Committee Referrals

Election Law5/28/2021

Full Bill Text

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