New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York S10709: Enacts the "Count me out!: Ending New York funding of designated foreign terrorist organizations act"
Status: In committee, September 30, 2026
Enacts the "Count me out!: Ending New York funding of designated foreign terrorist organizations act" to prohibit not-for-profit corporations from knowingly providing material support or resources to designated foreign terrorist organizations; allows for recovery of a civil penalty by the state attorney general; creates a private right of action for violations.
What the bill says
An act to amend the not-for-profit corporation law, in relation to enacting the "Count me out!: Ending New York funding of designated foreign terrorist organizations act" to prohibit not-for-profit corporations from knowingly providing material support or resources to designated foreign terrorist organizations.
From the introduced text, September 30, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the not-for-profit corporation law, in relation to enacting the "Count me out!: Ending New York funding of designated foreign terrorist organizations act" to prohibit not-for-profit corporations from knowingly providing material support or resources to designated foreign terrorist organizations THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Count me out!: Ending New York funding of designated foreign terrorist organizations act". § 2. The not-for-profit corporation law is amended by adding a new section 116 to read as follows: § 116. UNAUTHORIZED SUPPORT OF DESIGNATED FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS. (A) DEFINITIONS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: (1) "FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION" MEANS AN ORGANIZATION DESIGNATED BY THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE AS A FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 219 OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT (8 U.S.C. § 1189). (2) "UNAUTHORIZED SUPPORT OF DESIGNATED FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS" MEANS KNOWINGLY PROVIDING, ATTEMPTING TO PROVIDE, OR CONSPIRING TO PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT OR RESOURCES, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO A DESIGNATED FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION OR TO ANY INDIVIDUAL, ENTITY, OR GOVERNMENT ACTING ON BEHALF OF OR UNDER THE DIRECTION OR …
Sponsors
- Sam Sutton (D, 22) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : REFERRED TO RULES
Subjects: Not-for-Profit Corporation Law
Common questions
- What is S10709?
- S10709 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Enacts the "Count me out!: Ending New York funding of designated foreign terrorist organizations act".
- What does S10709 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the not-for-profit corporation law, in relation to enacting the "Count me out!: Ending New York funding of designated foreign terrorist organizations act" to prohibit not-for-profit corporations from knowingly providing material support or resources to designated foreign terrorist organizations.
- What is the status of S10709?
- In committee as of September 30, 2026. Latest action: REFERRED TO RULES (September 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored S10709?
- Sam Sutton (D, 22).
- Where is the official record for S10709?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S10709
Source: official New York record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.