senate Bill S2800

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to mandatory training curriculum; and to model poll worker training programs

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020 referred to elections
Jun 20, 2019 committed to rules
Feb 11, 2019 advanced to third reading
Feb 05, 2019 2nd report cal.
Feb 04, 2019 1st report cal.102
Jan 29, 2019 referred to elections

Votes

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Feb 4, 2019 - Elections committee Vote

S2800
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committee
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Nay
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Aye with Reservations
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Absent
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Excused
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Elections Committee Vote: Feb 4, 2019

nay (2)

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S2800 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5142
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3-213, amd §3-412, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A10407
2017-2018: S4370, A5844
2021-2022: S5800, S5880, A4323
2023-2024: S587, A268

S2800 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to mandatory training curriculum for election commissioners and key staff of boards of elections and to model poll worker training programs; requires the state board of elections to develop and provide to each county materials for a model poll worker training program which the counties may use to train individuals to serve as poll workers in state and county elections.

S2800 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S2800 (ACTIVE) - 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  S E N A T E

                            January 29, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election law, in relation to mandatory training
  curriculum  for  election  commissioners,  key  staff  of  boards   of
  elections and poll workers

  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  3-213
to read as follows:
  §  3-213.  BOARDS  OF  ELECTIONS;  MANDATORY  TRAINING  CURRICULUM. 1.
ELECTION COMMISSIONERS AND SUCH OTHER BOARD OF  ELECTIONS  EMPLOYEES  AS
DETERMINED BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL WITHIN SIX MONTHS AFTER
THEIR  FIRST  APPOINTMENT COMPLETE A COURSE OF INSTRUCTION ON THE OPERA-
TION OF A BOARD OF ELECTIONS WHICH SHALL BE PROVIDED BY THE STATE  BOARD
OF  ELECTIONS. THE CURRICULUM SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE BOARD OF
ELECTIONS IN CONSULTATION WITH  ELECTION  COMMISSIONERS  AND  SHALL  NOT
EXCEED THIRTY HOURS OF INSTRUCTION.
  2.  ANNUALLY,  ELECTION  COMMISSIONERS  AND  OTHER  BOARD OF ELECTIONS
EMPLOYEES AS DETERMINED BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, SHALL  COMPLETE
BEFORE JUNE FIRST A CONTINUING COURSE OF INSTRUCTION ON THE OPERATION OF
A  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  WHICH  SHALL  BE PROVIDED BY THE STATE BOARD OF
ELECTIONS. THE CURRICULUM SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BY  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF
ELECTIONS  IN CONSULTATION WITH THE ELECTION COMMISSIONERS AND SHALL NOT
EXCEED THREE HOURS OF INSTRUCTION.
  3. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PROVIDE THE TRAINING REQUIRED BY
SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION THROUGH, IN ADDITION TO OTHER METHODS IT
MAY CHOOSE, A WEB-BASED RECORDED FORMAT.
  4. UPON THE FAILURE OF A COMMISSIONER OR OTHER  EMPLOYEE  TO  COMPLETE
THE  INSTRUCTION  WITHIN  THE  TIME  REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION, THE STATE
BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL SEND A LETTER TO THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OR CITY

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05910-01-9

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