Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 15, 2020 | approval memo.48 signed chap.344 |
Dec 03, 2020 | delivered to governor |
Jul 23, 2020 | returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.359 substituted for a8610b |
Jul 22, 2020 | referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.963 |
Jul 21, 2020 | reported and committed to rules |
Jul 15, 2020 | committee discharged and committed to elections referred to rules |
senate Bill S8782
Signed By GovernorSponsored By
Neil D. Breslin
(D, WF) 46th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed by Governor
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Alessandra Biaggi
(D, WF) 0 Senate District
James Gaughran
(D) 0 Senate District
John C. Liu
(D) 16th Senate District
Rachel May
(D, WF) 48th Senate District
S8782 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8610
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §8-600, El L
S8782 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8782 SPONSOR: BRESLIN TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to requiring munici- palities with the highest population in each county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting PURPOSE: This bill amends previously enacted early voting provisions to provide that, in each county, the largest municipality by population must contain at least one early voting polling location. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends § 8-600 of the Election Law to provide that the muni- cipality with the highest population in each county based on the latest federal decennial census shall have at least one polling place desig- nated for early voting, and to the extent practicable if such munici-
S8782 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8782 I N S E N A T E July 15, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring munici- palities with the highest population in each county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 8-600 of the election law, as added by chapter 6 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: (a) The board of elections shall designate polling places for early voting, which may include the offices of the board of elections, for persons to vote early pursuant to this title; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE MUNICIPALITY WITH THE HIGHEST POPULATION IN EACH COUNTY BASED ON THE LATEST FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS SHALL HAVE AT LEAST ONE POLLING PLACE DESIGNATED FOR EARLY VOTING, AND TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE IF SUCH MUNI- CIPALITY HAS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ROUTES, SUCH POLLING PLACE SHALL BE SITUATED ALONG SUCH TRANSPORTATION ROUTES. There shall be so designated at least one early voting polling place for every full increment of fifty thousand registered voters in each county; provided, however, the number of early voting polling places in a county shall not be required to be greater than [seven] TEN UNLESS REQUIRED BY ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, and a county with fewer than fifty thousand voters shall have at least one early voting polling place. § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2021. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13799-06-0
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