| Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Mar 29, 2016 | referred to election law delivered to assembly passed senate |
| Mar 02, 2016 | advanced to third reading |
| Mar 01, 2016 | 2nd report cal. |
| Feb 29, 2016 | 1st report cal.238 |
| Jan 06, 2016 | referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs returned to senate died in assembly |
| May 19, 2015 | referred to election law delivered to assembly passed senate |
| May 06, 2015 | advanced to third reading |
| May 05, 2015 | 2nd report cal. |
| May 04, 2015 | 1st report cal.502 |
| Jan 30, 2015 | referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs |
senate Bill S2939
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
Thomas D. Croci
(R) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate
- Introduced
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- Passed Assembly
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Co-Sponsors
David Carlucci
(D) 0 Senate District
Rich Funke
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
Kathleen A. Marchione
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
S2939 (ACTIVE) - Details
S2939 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2939 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the military law and the election law, in relation to the counting of ballots of deceased military personnel PURPOSE: This bill provides that in the event that a service member who has casted an absentee ballot, dies in combat before the date of the scheduled election, their ballot shall still be counted towards the election for which it was cast. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section One amends the military law to provide for the counting of absentee ballots casted by deceased military personnel. Section Two amends the election law to make corresponding changes. Section Three provides that this act shall take effect immediately. JUSTIFICATION: New York State law prohibits the counting of an absentee ballot cast
S2939 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2939
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 30, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. CROCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
ty and Military Affairs
AN ACT to amend the military law and the election law, in relation to
the counting of ballots of deceased military personnel
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The military law is amended by adding a new section 234 to
read as follows:
S 234. COUNTING OF BALLOTS OF DECEASED MILITARY PERSONNEL. ANY MEMBER
OF THE ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, MARINE CORPS, COAST GUARD, ARMY RESERVE,
NAVAL RESERVE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE, AIR FORCE RESERVE, NATIONAL GUARD,
NEW YORK ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, NEW YORK AIR NATIONAL GUARD, NEW YORK
GUARD OR NAVAL MILITIA, WHO CASTS AN ABSENTEE OR MILITARY BALLOT WHILE
ON ACTIVE DUTY, SHALL HAVE SUCH BALLOT BE COUNTED, IN THE EVENT THAT
SUCH SERVICE MEMBER DIES AS A RESULT OF PARTICIPATING IN COMBAT OPER-
ATIONS BEFORE THE DATE OF THE SCHEDULED ELECTION FOR WHICH IT WAS CAST.
S 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 8-413 to read
as follows:
S 8-413. COUNTING OF BALLOTS OF DECEASED MILITARY PERSONNEL. ANY
MEMBER OF THE ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, MARINE CORPS, COAST GUARD, ARMY
RESERVE, NAVAL RESERVE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE, AIR FORCE RESERVE,
NATIONAL GUARD, NEW YORK ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, NEW YORK AIR NATIONAL
GUARD, NEW YORK GUARD OR NAVAL MILITIA, WHO CASTS AN ABSENTEE OR MILI-
TARY BALLOT WHILE ON ACTIVE DUTY, SHALL HAVE SUCH BALLOT BE COUNTED, IN
THE EVENT THAT SUCH SERVICE MEMBER DIES AS A RESULT OF PARTICIPATING IN
COMBAT OPERATIONS BEFORE THE DATE OF THE SCHEDULED ELECTION FOR WHICH IT
WAS CAST.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04170-02-5
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