| Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Aug 20, 2020 | approval memo.4 signed chap.139 |
| Aug 10, 2020 | delivered to governor |
| Jul 23, 2020 | returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.350 substituted for a10833 |
| Jul 23, 2020 | substituted by s8015d |
| Jul 22, 2020 | ordered to third reading rules cal.350 rules report cal.350 reported reported referred to rules |
| Jul 21, 2020 | reference changed to ways and means |
| Jul 19, 2020 | referred to election law |
assembly Bill A10833
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
DINOWITZ
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S8015 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed by Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Jonathan Jacobson
Robert C. Carroll
David Buchwald
Steven Otis
A10833 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S8015
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §8-400, El L
A10833 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Authorizes absentee voting; defines the term "illness" for the purposes of absentee voting to include instances where a voter is unable to appear personally at the polling place of the election district in which they are a qualified voter because there is a risk of contracting or spreading a disease causing illness to the voter or to other members of the public.
A10833 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10833
I N A S S E M B L Y
July 19, 2020
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Dinowitz) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to absentee voting; and
providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 8-400 of the election law, as
amended by chapter 63 of the laws of 2010, paragraph (c) as amended by
chapter 375 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
1. A qualified voter may vote as an absentee voter under this chapter
if, on the occurrence of any village election conducted by the board of
elections, primary election, special election, general election or New
York city community school board district or city of Buffalo school
district election, he or she expects to be:
(a) absent from the county of his or her residence, or, if a resident
of the city of New York absent from said city; or
(b) unable to appear personally at the polling place of the election
district in which he or she is a qualified voter because of illness or
physical disability or duties related to the primary care of one or more
individuals who are ill or physically disabled, or because he or she
will be or is a patient in a hospital, PROVIDED THAT, FOR PURPOSES OF
THIS PARAGRAPH, "ILLNESS" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO,
INSTANCES WHERE A VOTER IS UNABLE TO APPEAR PERSONALLY AT THE POLLING
PLACE OF THE ELECTION DISTRICT IN WHICH THEY ARE A QUALIFIED VOTER
BECAUSE THERE IS A RISK OF CONTRACTING OR SPREADING A DISEASE THAT MAY
CAUSE ILLNESS TO THE VOTER OR TO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC; or
(c) a resident or patient of a veterans health administration hospi-
tal; or
(d) absent from his or her voting residence because he or she is
detained in jail awaiting action by a grand jury or awaiting trial, or
confined in jail or prison after a conviction for an offense other than
a felony, provided that he or she is qualified to vote in the election
district of his or her residence.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.