| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2020 |
referred to elections |
Senate Bill S7785
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
Actions
2019-S7785 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Elections
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §17-158, El L
- Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
-
S118
2019-S7785 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7785
SPONSOR: KAPLAN
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the election law, in relation to establishing the misde-
meanor of interfering in the election process by electronic means
PURPOSE:
This legislation creates the crime of interfering in the election proc-
ess by electronic means.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends section 17-158 of the election law to create the crime
of interfering in the election process by electronic means. Specifically
when a person with intent to interfere in an election places or causes
to be place multiple calls, texts, emails, faxes, or application commu-
nications, with the goal of obstructing, preventing, or interfering with
either the reporting of poll results, receipt of poll results, communi-
2019-S7785 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
7785
I N S E N A T E
February 20, 2020
___________
Introduced by Sen. KAPLAN -- 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 establishing the misde-
meanor of interfering in the election process by electronic means
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 17-158
to read as follows:
§ 17-158. INTERFERING IN THE ELECTION PROCESS BY ELECTRONIC MEANS. ANY
PERSON WHO, WITH INTENT TO INTERFERE WITH AN ELECTION, PLACES OR CAUSES
TO BE PLACED, MULTIPLE CALLS BY TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS, OR
SENDS OR CAUSES TO BE SENT, MULTIPLE MESSAGES BY TEXT, EMAIL, FAX,
COMPUTER APPLICATION, TABLET APPLICATION, TELEPHONE APPLICATION OR OTHER
ELECTRONIC MEANS, OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF, TO OBSTRUCT, PREVENT OR
INTERFERE WITH:
1. THE REPORTING OF POLL RESULTS BY ANY POLLING PLACE;
2. THE RECEIPT OF POLL RESULTS BY A LOCAL OR STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS;
3. THE ABILITY OF A POLITICAL OR PARTY ORGANIZATION TO PLACE CALLS OR
SEND MESSAGES USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO VOTE; OR
4. THE ABILITY OF A POLITICAL OR PARTY ORGANIZATION TO PLACE CALLS OR
SEND MESSAGES USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ARRANGING TRANSPORTATION FOR
PEOPLE TO OR FROM THEIR POLLING PLACE, IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15383-02-0
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