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Assembly Bill A2800A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the voting age

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2019-A2800 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2272
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 2 §1, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A6840, S5645
2021-2022: A611, S478
2023-2024: A330, S2562
2025-2026: A8697, S6921

2019-A2800 - Summary

Provides that the voting age in New York be 16 years old.

2019-A2800 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2800
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced   by   M.   of  A.  CARROLL,  NIOU,  D'URSO,  ORTIZ,  COLTON,
   PHEFFER AMATO, BICHOTTE, SEAWRIGHT,  GOTTFRIED,  HYNDMAN,  RICHARDSON,
   MOSLEY,  DE LA ROSA,  RIVERA,  DINOWITZ, WALKER, JAFFEE, M. G. MILLER,
   SIMON, PEOPLES-STOKES, BARRON, HEVESI, PICHARDO, THIELE, BLAKE, RODRI-
   GUEZ, EPSTEIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LENTOL  --  read  once
   and referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
             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 Senate concur), that section 1 of article
 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 Senate 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.
                                                            LBD89013-01-9

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2019-A2800A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2272
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 2 §1, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A6840, S5645
2021-2022: A611, S478
2023-2024: A330, S2562
2025-2026: A8697, S6921

2019-A2800A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the voting age in New York be 16 years old.

2019-A2800A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2800--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced   by   M.   of  A.  CARROLL,  NIOU,  D'URSO,  ORTIZ,  COLTON,
   PHEFFER AMATO, BICHOTTE, SEAWRIGHT,  GOTTFRIED,  HYNDMAN,  RICHARDSON,
   MOSLEY,  DE LA ROSA,  RIVERA,  DINOWITZ, WALKER, JAFFEE, M. G. MILLER,
   SIMON, PEOPLES-STOKES, BARRON, HEVESI, PICHARDO, THIELE, BLAKE, RODRI-
   GUEZ, EPSTEIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LENTOL  --  read  once
   and referred to the Committee on Election Law -- committee discharged,
   bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
   committee
 
             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 Senate concur), that section 1 of  article
 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]
 SIXTEEN 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 Senate 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.
                                                            LBD89013-02-9

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