Assembly Bill A5688

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires a joint report by the state board of elections and state education department concerning the safety of students and staff at schools used as polling places for elections

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A5688 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S828
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Elections
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A6774, S4348
2015-2016: A2488, S611
2017-2018: A6339, S9161
2021-2022: A7294, S6132
2023-2024: A3080, S4998

2019-A5688 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a joint report by the state board of elections and state education department concerning the safety of students and staff at schools used as polling places for elections.

2019-A5688 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5688
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, COOK, MOSLEY -- Multi-Sponsored by
   -- M. of A.  ARROYO -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  requiring  a  joint  report by the state board of elections and
   state education department concerning the safety of students and staff
   at schools used as polling places for elections

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  state  board  of  elections  and the state education
 department shall jointly  examine,  evaluate  and  make  recommendations
 concerning  the  safety of students and staff at schools used as polling
 places for elections.
   § 2. The state board of elections and/or the state  education  depart-
 ment  may  request  and  shall receive from any subdivision, department,
 board, bureau, commission, office, agency or  other  instrumentality  of
 the  state  or  of any political subdivision thereof such assistance and
 data as it deems necessary or desirable to effectuate the  purposes  set
 forth in this act.
   §  3.  Within  six months of the effective date of this act, the state
 board of elections and the state education  department  shall  submit  a
 joint  report  of their findings, conclusions and recommendations to the
 governor and the legislature, and shall submit  with  such  report  such
 regulatory and legislative proposals as they deem necessary to implement
 their recommendations.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06610-01-9

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