---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to public-facing websites operated by political committees"
description: "Requires public-facing websites operated by political committees to contain \"paid for by\" language; adds such public-facing websites to the list of political communications that qualify as independent expenditures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 1030"
citation: "New York S 1030 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kristen Gonzalez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-12-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a402600a-3fb6-46e0-828e-d4b1272ec44f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1030"
source_hash: "5e46a42bd5788941c179ca110d5d4fa8bdd236164628a19bfa24f23b37892a8c"
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 S 1030 (2025-2026) — Relates to public-facing websites operated by political committees

Requires public-facing websites operated by political committees to contain "paid for by" language; adds such public-facing websites to the list of political communications that qualify as independent expenditures.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1030** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1030&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kristen Gonzalez — primary (person)
- Gustavo Rivera — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Walczyk — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.4
- **2025-01-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-01-13** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-01-13** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3415
- **2025-04-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.92
- **2025-05-15** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-15** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-12-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-05** SIGNED CHAP.595 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a402600a-3fb6-46e0-828e-d4b1272ec44f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).