senate Bill S1099

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to voter registration transfers

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A775 - Signed by Governor


  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor Calendar
    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 24, 2019 signed chap.3
Jan 14, 2019 delivered to governor
returned to assembly
passed senate
3rd reading cal.5
substituted for s1099
Jan 14, 2019 substituted by a775
ordered to third reading cal.5
reported and committed to rules
Jan 10, 2019 referred to elections

Votes

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Jan 14, 2019 - Elections committee Vote

S1099
5
1
committee
5
Aye
1
Nay
1
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Elections Committee Vote: Jan 14, 2019

nay (1)
aye wr (1)

Jan 14, 2019 - Rules committee Vote

S1099
15
0
committee
15
Aye
0
Nay
3
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
1
Excused
0
Abstained
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S1099 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A775
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§5-208, 8-302, 4-117, 5-400 & 9-209, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7011
2011-2012: S5236, A1230, A8633
2013-2014: S1990, A83
2015-2016: S858, A5598
2017-2018: S1732, A3411, A9826

S1099 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the board of elections shall transfer a registration and enrollment of a voter to wherever they move in the state.

S1099 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1099 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

    S. 1099                                                   A. 775

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            January 10, 2019
                               ___________

IN  SENATE  --  Introduced by Sens. CARLUCCI, ADDABBO, BAILEY, BENJAMIN,
  BIAGGI, BRESLIN, BROOKS, COMRIE, GAUGHRAN, GIANARIS, GOUNARDES, HARCK-
  HAM, HOYLMAN, JACKSON, KAMINSKY, KAPLAN, KAVANAGH,  KENNEDY,  KRUEGER,
  LIU,   MARTINEZ,  MAY,  MAYER,  METZGER,  MONTGOMERY,  MYRIE,  PARKER,
  PERSAUD, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SAVINO, SEPULVEDA,  SERRANO,
  SKOUFIS,  STAVISKY,  STEWART-COUSINS, THOMAS -- read twice and ordered
  printed, and  when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on
  Elections

IN  ASSEMBLY  --  Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, LAVINE, L. ROSENTHAL,
  GLICK, ENGLEBRIGHT, CRESPO, LUPARDO, FAHY, COLTON,  MOSLEY,  ABINANTI,
  ZEBROWSKI, OTIS, SIMON, ROZIC, JAFFEE, BUCHWALD, RYAN, CUSICK, PAULIN,
  HEVESI,  CARROLL,  GALEF,  RAMOS,  LIFTON,  VANEL,  D'URSO, SEAWRIGHT,
  WRIGHT, NIOU, BLAKE, BURKE, CRUZ, EICHENSTEIN, EPSTEIN, FALL, FRONTUS,
  GRIFFIN, HEASTIE, JACOBSON, McMAHON, RAYNOR, REYES, THIELE,  WEINSTEIN
  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRONSON, CAHILL, COOK, GOTTFRIED --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law

AN ACT to amend the election law,  in  relation  to  voter  registration
  transfers

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 4, and 8 of section 5-208 of  the  election
law, subdivisions 1 and 8 as amended by chapter 200 of the laws of 1996,
subdivision  4  as added by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, are amended
and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:
  1. The board of elections shall transfer the registration and  enroll-
ment of any voter APPEARING ON A STATEWIDE VOTER LIST PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
VISION  ONE  OF  SECTION  5-614  OF  THIS ARTICLE for whom it receives a
notice of change of address to another address in [the  same  county  or
city]  NEW  YORK STATE, or for any voter who [casts] SUBMITS a ballot in
an affidavit ballot envelope which sets forth such a new address.   Such

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

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