Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 02, 2020 |
ordered to third reading cal.434 substituted for a8998 |
Mar 02, 2020 |
substituted by s7194 |
Feb 27, 2020 |
advanced to third reading cal.434 |
Feb 26, 2020 |
reported |
Jan 09, 2020 |
referred to election law |
Assembly Bill A8998
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
DINOWITZ
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S7194 - On Floor Calendar
- 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
Votes
co-Sponsors
Michael Blake
Anthony D'Urso
Jo Anne Simon
2019-A8998 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S7194
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §5-211, El L (as proposed in S.1128-A & A.2599-A)
2019-A8998 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8998 I N A S S E M B L Y January 9, 2020 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to voter registration form distribution and assistance THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 18 of section 5-211 of the election law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the election law relating to voter registration form distribution and assistance, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 1128-A and A. 2599-A, is amended to read as follows: 18. (a) (I) On or before January first, two thousand twenty, all institutions of the state university of New York and the city university of New York shall create and make available to all students a webpage for voter education on each such institution's website, containing a link to an application for voter registration, a link to an application for an absentee ballot, contact information for the county board of elections, and the name and contact information for the administrator responsible for voter registration assistance on each campus. (II) Each such institution shall, at the beginning of the school year, and again in January of a year in which the president of the United States is to be elected, provide an application for voter registration AND AN APPLICATION FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT to each student in each such institution. [Such institutions shall also offer each student an appli- cation for an absentee ballot. Such institutions shall provide the same degree of assistance as required of participating agencies.] Each insti- tution shall be considered in compliance with [these] THE requirements OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH for each student to whom the institution electron- ically transmits a message containing the link to the webpage for voter education [and], the link to an application for voter registration AND THE LINK TO AN APPLICATION FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT, if such information is in an electronic message devoted exclusively to voter registration. (III) EACH SUCH INSTITUTION SHALL PROVIDE THE SAME DEGREE OF ASSIST- ANCE AS REQUIRED OF PARTICIPATING AGENCIES. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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