Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 14, 2014 |
enacting clause stricken |
Jan 13, 2014 |
committed to election law |
Jan 08, 2014 |
ordered to third reading cal.286 returned to assembly died in senate |
Jun 03, 2013 |
referred to elections delivered to senate passed assembly |
May 09, 2013 |
advanced to third reading cal.330 |
May 07, 2013 |
reported |
May 01, 2013 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Apr 25, 2013 |
print number 6195a |
Apr 25, 2013 |
amend (t) and recommit to election law |
Mar 15, 2013 |
referred to election law |
Assembly Bill A6195A
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CUSICK
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
William Colton
Steven Englebright
Vanessa Gibson
Eric Stevenson
multi-Sponsors
William Boyland
Herman D. Farrell
Deborah Glick
Carl Heastie
2013-A6195 - Details
2013-A6195 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6195 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 15, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK, COLTON, ENGLEBRIGHT, GIBSON, STEVENSON, ORTIZ, ZEBROWSKI, SCARBOROUGH, MOYA, ROBINSON, CAHILL, LAVINE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND, FARRELL, GLICK, HEASTIE, HIKIND, PERRY, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law and the education law, in relation to making absentee ballots available in Braille and large-print THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 7-107 to read as follows: S 7-107. ABSENTEE BALLOTS IN BRAILLE AND LARGE-PRINT TO BE MADE AVAIL- ABLE. 1. ABSENTEE BALLOTS PRINTED IN BRAILLE AND LARGE-PRINT SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON THE REQUEST OF ANY REGISTERED VOTER WHO IS BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED. PERSONS WISHING TO RECEIVE BRAILLE OR LARGE-PRINT BALLOTS MUST GIVE NOTICE THEREOF TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS NO LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO EACH ELECTION DAY TO ENABLE THE BOARD TO PREPARE AND DISTRIBUTE SUCH BALLOTS. 2. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PROMULGATE RULES FOR THE PREPA- RATION, DISTRIBUTION, CASTING, AND CANVASS OF BRAILLE AND LARGE-PRINT ABSENTEE BALLOTS. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL DEVELOP THE INITIAL FORMAT FOR BOTH BRAILLE AND LARGE-PRINT BALLOTS IN CONSULTATION WITH AT LEAST THREE NEW YORK STATE ORGANIZATIONS WITH EXPERTISE IN THE FIELD OF ADVOCACY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND SUCH OTHER APPROPRI- ATE PERSONS, GROUPS, ENTITIES OR ORGANIZATIONS AS THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL DETERMINE. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, "BRAILLE" REFERS TO GRADE TWO BRAILLE AND "LARGE-PRINT" REFERS TO A FONT OF EIGH- TEEN POINT OR LARGER. UPON THE PRINTING OF A BRAILLE BALLOT, THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL REQUIRE SUCH BRAILLE BALLOT TO BE PROOFREAD BY A QUALIFIED BRAILLE READER. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL ESTABLISH THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR A BRAILLE BALLOT PROOFREADER IN CONSULTA- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05514-01-3
co-Sponsors
William Colton
Steven Englebright
Felix Ortiz
Kenneth Zebrowski
multi-Sponsors
Herman D. Farrell
Deborah Glick
Carl Heastie
Dov Hikind
2013-A6195A (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A6195A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6195--A 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 15, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK, COLTON, ENGLEBRIGHT, GIBSON, STEVENSON, ORTIZ, ZEBROWSKI, SCARBOROUGH, MOYA, ROBINSON, CAHILL, LAVINE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND, FARRELL, GLICK, HEASTIE, HIKIND, PERRY, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the election law and the education law, in relation to making absentee ballots available in Braille and large-print; and providing for the repeal of certain provisions upon the expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 7-107 to read as follows: S 7-107. ABSENTEE BALLOTS IN BRAILLE AND LARGE-PRINT TO BE MADE AVAIL- ABLE. 1. ABSENTEE BALLOTS PRINTED IN BRAILLE AND LARGE-PRINT SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE UPON THE REQUEST OF ANY REGISTERED VOTER WHO IS BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED. PERSONS WISHING TO RECEIVE BRAILLE OR LARGE-PRINT ABSENTEE BALLOTS MUST GIVE NOTICE THEREOF TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS NO LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO EACH ELECTION DAY TO ENABLE THE BOARD TO PREPARE AND DISTRIBUTE SUCH BALLOTS. 2. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PROMULGATE RULES FOR THE PREPA- RATION, DISTRIBUTION, CASTING, AND CANVASS OF BRAILLE AND LARGE-PRINT ABSENTEE BALLOTS. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL DEVELOP THE INITIAL FORMAT FOR BOTH BRAILLE AND LARGE-PRINT BALLOTS IN CONSULTATION WITH AT LEAST THREE NEW YORK STATE ORGANIZATIONS WITH EXPERTISE IN THE FIELD OF ADVOCACY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND SUCH OTHER APPROPRI- ATE PERSONS, GROUPS, ENTITIES OR ORGANIZATIONS AS THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL DETERMINE. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, "BRAILLE" REFERS TO GRADE TWO BRAILLE AND "LARGE-PRINT" REFERS TO A FONT OF EIGH- TEEN POINT OR LARGER. UPON THE PRINTING OF A BRAILLE BALLOT, THE BOARD EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05514-02-3
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