---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeals section 2-126 of the election law relating to party funds and restrictions on expenditures"
description: "Relates to party funds and restrictions on expenditures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 8019"
citation: "New York A 8019 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LIFTON"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-25"
last_action: "2017-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f42b7698-1f67-435b-a249-62d7150cb78f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A8019"
source_hash: "79ee4c69648a8889f2e3c79e8bd04de0e472c28dacf13d3e2711e959dfd5252d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 8019 (2017-2018) — Repeals section 2-126 of the election law relating to party funds and restrictions on expenditures

Relates to party funds and restrictions on expenditures.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A8019 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8019&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A8019 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A8019)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **141–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LIFTON — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-05-25** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-12** REPORTED
- **2017-06-12** RULES REPORT CAL.183
- **2017-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.183
- **2017-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-13** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-13** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5658
- **2017-06-14** 3RD READING CAL.1085
- **2017-06-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-14** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-08-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-21** SIGNED CHAP.210 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f42b7698-1f67-435b-a249-62d7150cb78f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).