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Jan 08, 2020 |
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May 08, 2019 |
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Assembly Bill A7505
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GALEF
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Michael J. Norris
David Buchwald
Walter T. Mosley
Inez E. Dickens
2019-A7505 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Election Law
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §3-110, El L
2019-A7505 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Decreases the hours from three to two for time allowed for employees to vote; provides that if an employee has four consecutive hours either between the opening of the polls and the beginning of his or her working shift, or between the end of his or her working shift and the closing of the polls, he or she shall be deemed to have sufficient time outside his or her working hours within which to vote.
2019-A7505 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7505 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 8, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GALEF, NORRIS, BUCHWALD -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to time allowed for employees to vote THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 3-110 of the election law, as amended by section 1 of part YY of chapter 55 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: § 3-110. Time allowed employees to vote. 1. A registered voter may, without loss of pay for up to [three] TWO hours, take off so much work- ing time as will enable him or her to vote at any election. 2. [The] IF AN EMPLOYEE HAS FOUR CONSECUTIVE HOURS EITHER BETWEEN THE OPENING OF THE POLLS AND THE BEGINNING OF HIS OR HER WORKING SHIFT, OR BETWEEN THE END OF HIS OR HER WORKING SHIFT AND THE CLOSING OF THE POLLS, HE OR SHE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME OUTSIDE HIS OR HER WORKING HOURS WITHIN WHICH TO VOTE. IF HE OR SHE HAS LESS THAN FOUR CONSECUTIVE HOURS, THE employee shall be allowed time off for voting only at the beginning or end of his or her working shift, as the employ- er may designate, unless otherwise mutually agreed. 3. If the employee requires working time off to vote the employee shall notify his or her employer not MORE THAN TEN NOR less than two working days before the day of the election that he or she requires time off to vote in accordance with the provisions of this section. 4. Not less than ten working days before every election, every employ- er shall post conspicuously in the place of work where it can be seen as employees come or go to their place of work, a notice setting forth the provisions of this section. Such notice shall be kept posted until the close of the polls on election day. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11274-02-9
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