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Senate Bill S5645

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the voting age

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2017-S5645 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6840
Current Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 2 §1, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S2272, A2800
2021-2022: S478, A611
2023-2024: S2562, A330
2025-2026: S6921, A8697

2017-S5645 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the voting age in New York be 17 years old.

2017-S5645 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5645 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5645
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 24, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 2 of the constitution, in
   relation to the voting age

   Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), that section 1 of  arti-
 cle 2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   Section  1.  Every citizen shall be entitled to vote at every election
 for all officers elected by the people and upon all questions  submitted
 to  the  vote  of  the  people  provided that such citizen is [eighteen]
 SEVENTEEN years of age or over and shall have been a  resident  of  this
 state,  and of the county, city, or village for thirty days next preced-
 ing an election.
   § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), that the foregoing be referred
 to the first  regular  legislative  session  convening  after  the  next
 succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in conform-
 ity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be published for 3
 months previous to the time of such election.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD89106-01-7

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