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NY A 298

in committee

Prohibits state reimbursement of campaign and political committees and legal defense funds for payments made on behalf of the criminal or civil defense of a state employee

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 298 pass?

Not yet. NY A 298 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

What is NY A 298 about?

Prohibits state reimbursement of campaign and political committees, or legal defense funds, for payments made on behalf of the criminal or civil defense of a state employee.

Who sponsors NY A 298?

Catalina Cruz is the primary sponsor of NY A 298, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Prohibits state reimbursement of campaign and political committees, or legal defense funds, for payments made on behalf of the criminal or civil defense of a state employee.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Catalina Cruzprimary
  • Tony Simonecosponsor
  • Grace Leecosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 2262not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2394not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 295not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 8138not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 148not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 2454

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A298?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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