Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Nov 25, 2019 |
signed chap.533 |
Nov 19, 2019 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 18, 2019 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1538 substituted for s3133 |
Jun 18, 2019 |
substituted by a120 ordered to third reading cal.1538 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Feb 04, 2019 |
referred to elections |
Senate Bill S3133
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 20th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A120 - Signed by Governor
- 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
(D, IP, WF) Senate District
2019-S3133 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S3133 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3133 SPONSOR: MYRIE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to testimony related to voter's signature on a petition PURPOSE: To ensure voters participation in the electoral process by recognizing that a voter's signature may often not be identical. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill amends section 6-134 of the election law to provide that a court may receive sworn testimony from a signer of a designating peti- tion as to the authenticity of his or her own signature. JUSTIFICATION:
2019-S3133 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3133 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 4, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MYRIE -- 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 testimony related to voter's signature on a petition THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 6-134 of the election law, as added by chapter 709 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows: 5. The use of titles, initials or customary abbreviations of given names by the signers of, or witnesses to, designating petitions or the use of customary abbreviations of addresses of such signers or witnesses, shall not invalidate such signatures or witness statement provided that the identity of the signer or witness as a registered voter can be established by reference to the signature on the petition and that of a person whose name appears in the registration poll ledgers, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL PREVENT A COURT FROM RECEIVING SWORN TESTIMONY OR OTHER ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE AS TO THE AUTHENTICITY OF A SIGNATURE WHEN SUCH SIGNATURE WOULD OTHERWISE BE INVALIDATED FOR NOT MATCHING THE SIGNATURE ON FILE WITH THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. § 2. This act shall take effect on the fifteenth of December next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00937-01-9
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