New York Assembly Bill 8242: Renders candidates ineligible to receive public matching funds when such candidate has been found in a prior election cycle to have knowingly and willfully misused public campaign funds or committed fraud, conversion or unauthorized personal use of such funds; states that such ineligibility continues until the candidate has repaid such funds, satisfied civil penalties, and complied with orders imposed as a result of such prior misuse of public funds.

New York · 2025-2026 session

What it does

Renders candidates ineligible to receive public matching funds when such candidate has been found in a prior election cycle to have knowingly and willfully misused public campaign funds or committed fraud, conversion or unauthorized personal use of such funds; states that such ineligibility continues until the candidate has repaid such funds, satisfied civil penalties, and complied with orders imposed as a result of such prior misuse of public funds.

Latest action

referred to election law (2026-01-07)

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