Bill Commons

NY A 1403

in committee

Allows certain campaign funds to be used for accessibility services

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did NY A 1403 pass?

Not yet. NY A 1403 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

What is NY A 1403 about?

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.

Who sponsors NY A 1403?

Jo Anne Simon is the primary sponsor of NY A 1403, joined by 4 cosponsors.

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.

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

  • Jo Anne Simonprimary
  • Harvey Epsteincosponsor
  • Stefani Zinermancosponsor
  • Marianne Buttenschoncosponsor
  • Chantel Jacksoncosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-03-27

    REFERENCE CHANGED TO ELECTION LAW

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-01-09

    REFERRED TO EDUCATION

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 7860not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 2237not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 8450

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A1403?summary=&detail=

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