New York Assembly Bill A06315 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6315 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to requiring public disclosure of media contracts The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 2 136-e to read as follows: 3 § 136-e. Public disclosure of media contracts. 1. Any media or market- 4 ing company, agency or contractor providing contractual services to the 5 state valued at five hundred thousand dollars or more and working with 6 any department, division, board, bureau, commission, or other agency of 7 the state to provide advertising or marketing services shall provide to 8 the comptroller an itemized list of all print publications, digital 9 platforms, television stations, radio stations, or other media where 10 such advertisements, marketing or informational items were placed by 11 such companies, agencies or contractors on behalf of any such state 12 entity. Such list shall also include the amount paid to each such media 13 platform on an annual basis and any other information the comptroller 14 may require for the purpose of identifying media services provided to 15 the state by non-state entities. 16 2. Each department, division, board, bureau, commission or other agen- 17 cy of the state that receives services from any media or marketing 18 company, agency or contractor shall annually, on or before January 19 first, submit to the comptroller all information required pursuant to 20 this section in a manner specified by the comptroller to facilitate the 21 publication requirements of subdivision four of this section. 22 3. Each department, division, board, bureau, commission, or other 23 agency of the state that directly contracts for services on any media 24 platform listed in subdivision one of this section shall provide a list 25 of such media and the amount paid to each media platform for advertising EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10268-01-5 
 A. 6315 2 1 or marketing services to the comptroller annually, on or before January 2 first of each year, and any other information the comptroller may 3 require for the purpose of identifying advertising and marketing 4 services provided to the state by non-state entities. 5 4. The comptroller shall maintain a non-aggregated compilation of all 6 information provided pursuant to subdivisions one, two and three of this 7 section in a public record available for inspection and updated at least 8 annually on a website designated by the comptroller for the purpose of 9 public access. The comptroller shall issue an annual public report by 10 agency on the number and cost of such media services placed by region 11 and by type of media platform. 12 5. The comptroller shall promulgate any rules and regulations neces- 13 sary for the implementation of this section. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 15 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, 16 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces- 17 sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are 18 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.