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Assembly Bill A6075

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to provision of interpreters at poll sites in certain cities

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2019-A6075 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §8-110, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A7467
2023-2024: A1902
2025-2026: A7134

2019-A6075 - Summary

Requires the board of elections in cities with a population of one million or more to provide at least one interpreter for all languages that are designated city-wide languages at poll sites that contain an election district with at least fifty voting age residents whose limited English proficiency language is a designated city-wide language.

2019-A6075 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6075
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE, CYMBROWITZ -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to provision of interpret-
   ers at certain poll sites
 
   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  8-110
 to read as follows:
   §  8-110. BOARDS OF ELECTIONS; PROVISION OF INTERPRETERS. 1.  NOTWITH-
 STANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS
 FOR  EACH  COUNTY  SHALL, AT A MINIMUM, PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE INTERPRETER
 FOR EACH OF THE SIX MOST COMMON LANGUAGES  SPOKEN  BY  INDIVIDUALS  WITH
 LIMITED  ENGLISH  PROFICIENCY  RESIDING IN SUCH COUNTY AT ALL POLL SITES
 THAT CONTAIN AN ELECTION DISTRICT WITH AT LEAST FIFTY VOTING  AGE  RESI-
 DENTS  WITH  LIMITED  ENGLISH  PROFICIENCY.  THE SIX MOST COMMON LIMITED
 ENGLISH PROFICIENCY LANGUAGES, AS WELL AS THE VOTING DISTRICTS  WITH  AT
 LEAST FIFTY VOTING AGE RESIDENTS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY, SHALL
 BE  DETERMINED  BY  THE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS BASED UPON THE MOST RECENT
 UNITED STATES CENSUS DATA OR AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICE DATA,  WHICHEVER
 IS MORE RECENT, AND BEGINNING ON JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO,
 SUCH DATA SHALL BE REVIEWED EVERY TWO YEARS. UNLESS AN ELECTION DISTRICT
 HAS AT LEAST FIFTY VOTING AGE RESIDENTS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY
 WHO  SPEAK  ONE  OF  THE SIX COMMON LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY INDIVIDUALS WITH
 LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY RESIDING IN SUCH COUNTY, AN INTERPRETER  FOR
 SUCH  LANGUAGE  SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED FOR ANY POLL SITE IN SUCH ELECTION
 DISTRICT.
   2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE NEW  YORK
 CITY  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS SHALL, AT A MINIMUM, PROVIDE INTERPRETERS FOR
 ALL LANGUAGES  THAT  ARE  DESIGNATED  CITY-WIDE  LANGUAGES  PURSUANT  TO
 SECTION  23-1101  OF  THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK AT
 ALL POLL SITES THAT CONTAIN AN ELECTION DISTRICT  WITH  AT  LEAST  FIFTY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

co-Sponsors

2019-A6075A - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §8-110, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A7467
2023-2024: A1902
2025-2026: A7134

2019-A6075A - Summary

Requires the board of elections in cities with a population of one million or more to provide at least one interpreter for all languages that are designated city-wide languages at poll sites that contain an election district with at least fifty voting age residents whose limited English proficiency language is a designated city-wide language.

2019-A6075A - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6075--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE, CYMBROWITZ -- 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, in relation to provision of interpret-
   ers at poll sites in certain cities

   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 8-110
 to read as follows:
   § 8-110. BOARD OF ELECTIONS; PROVISION OF INTERPRETERS.   1.  NOTWITH-
 STANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY BOARD OF ELECTIONS IN
 A  CITY  WITH  A  POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE SHALL, AT A MINIMUM,
 PROVIDE INTERPRETERS FOR ALL LANGUAGES  THAT  ARE  DESIGNATED  CITY-WIDE
 LANGUAGES  PURSUANT TO SECTION 23-1101 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE
 CITY OF NEW YORK OR OTHER APPLICABLE STATUTE  AT  ALL  POLL  SITES  THAT
 CONTAIN  AN  ELECTION  DISTRICT WITH AT LEAST FIFTY VOTING AGE RESIDENTS
 WHOSE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY LANGUAGE  IS  A  DESIGNATED  CITY-WIDE
 LANGUAGE.  THE VOTING DISTRICTS WITH AT LEAST FIFTY VOTING AGE RESIDENTS
 WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY SHALL BE MADE BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
 BASED UPON THE MOST RECENT UNITED STATES CENSUS DATA OR AMERICAN  COMMU-
 NITY  SERVICE  DATA,  WHICHEVER IS MORE RECENT, AND BEGINNING ON JANUARY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, SUCH DATA SHALL BE  REVIEWED  EVERY  TWO
 YEARS.  UNLESS  AN ELECTION DISTRICT HAS AT LEAST FIFTY VOTING AGE RESI-
 DENTS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY WHO SPEAK  A  SPECIFIC  CITY-WIDE
 LANGUAGE,  AN  INTERPRETER  FOR  SUCH  CITY-WIDE  LANGUAGE  SHALL NOT BE
 REQUIRED FOR ANY POLL SITE IN SUCH ELECTION DISTRICT.
   2. ALL INTERPRETERS PROVIDED BY  A  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS SECTION SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
 INSIDE THE POLL SITE. ANY INTERPRETER WHO ENGAGES  IN  ANY  ACTIVITY  IN
 VIOLATION  OF  SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 8-104 OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE
 IMMEDIATELY RELIEVED OF HIS OR HER DUTIES AS AN INTERPRETER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

co-Sponsors

2019-A6075B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §8-110, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A7467
2023-2024: A1902
2025-2026: A7134

2019-A6075B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the board of elections in cities with a population of one million or more to provide at least one interpreter for all languages that are designated city-wide languages at poll sites that contain an election district with at least fifty voting age residents whose limited English proficiency language is a designated city-wide language.

2019-A6075B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6075--B
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE, CYMBROWITZ -- read once and referred to
   the  Committee  on Election Law -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --
   again  reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to provision of interpret-
   ers at poll sites in certain cities
 
   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 8-110
 to read as follows:
   § 8-110. BOARD OF ELECTIONS, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE
 OF ANY CITY WITH A POPULATION OF  ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE;  PROVISION  OF
 INTERPRETERS.  1.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY,
 ANY BOARD OF ELECTIONS IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR
 MORE  SHALL,  AT  A MINIMUM, PROVIDE INTERPRETERS FOR ALL LANGUAGES THAT
 ARE DESIGNATED CITY-WIDE LANGUAGES PURSUANT TO SECTION  23-1101  OF  THE
 ADMINISTRATIVE  CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK OR OTHER APPLICABLE STATUTE
 AT ALL POLL SITES THAT CONTAIN AN ELECTION DISTRICT WITH AT LEAST  FIFTY
 VOTING  AGE  RESIDENTS  WHOSE  LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY LANGUAGE IS A
 DESIGNATED CITY-WIDE LANGUAGE. THE VOTING DISTRICTS WITH AT LEAST  FIFTY
 VOTING  AGE  RESIDENTS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY SHALL BE MADE BY
 THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS BASED UPON THE MOST RECENT UNITED  STATES  CENSUS
 DATA  OR  AMERICAN  COMMUNITY SURVEY DATA, WHICHEVER IS MORE RECENT, AND
 BEGINNING ON JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, SUCH DATA SHALL  BE
 REVIEWED EVERY TWO YEARS. UNLESS AN ELECTION DISTRICT HAS AT LEAST FIFTY
 VOTING  AGE  RESIDENTS  WITH  LIMITED  ENGLISH  PROFICIENCY  WHO SPEAK A
 SPECIFIC CITY-WIDE LANGUAGE, AN INTERPRETER FOR SUCH CITY-WIDE  LANGUAGE
 SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED FOR ANY POLL SITE IN SUCH ELECTION DISTRICT.
   2.  ALL  INTERPRETERS  PROVIDED  BY  A  BOARD OF ELECTIONS PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE  TO  THE  PUBLIC
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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