| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to elections |
| Jun 16, 2019 |
print number 4036c |
| Jun 16, 2019 |
amend and recommit to finance |
| May 29, 2019 |
print number 4036b |
| May 29, 2019 |
amend and recommit to finance |
| May 21, 2019 |
reported and committed to finance |
| Apr 17, 2019 |
print number 4036a |
| Apr 17, 2019 |
amend (t) and recommit to elections |
| Feb 26, 2019 |
referred to elections |
Senate Bill S4036
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 26th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
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Bill Amendments
2019-S4036 - Details
2019-S4036 - Summary
Requires the board of elections in cities with a population of one million or more to provide at least one interpreter for all languages that are designated city-wide languages at poll sites that contain an election district with at least fifty voting age residents whose limited English proficiency language is a designated city-wide language.
2019-S4036 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4036
SPONSOR: GOUNARDES
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to
provision of interpreters at certain poll sites
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This legislation will help voters who do not speak English well to be
able to vote.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one of this bill amends the Election Law by adding a new section
8-110. Subdivision one of this new section provides that that each Coun-
ty Board of Elections (CBOE) shall provide interpreters for each of the
six most common languages spoken by individuals with limited English
proficiency residing in the County. In election districts where at least
50 voting age limited English proficiency residents speak one of the
common languages, the CBOE shall provide an interpreter at each poll
place in the election district. The six most common languages spoken by
2019-S4036 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
4036
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 26, 2019
___________
Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- 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 provision of interpret-
ers at certain poll sites
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 8-110
to read as follows:
§ 8-110. BOARDS OF ELECTIONS; PROVISION OF INTERPRETERS. 1. NOTWITH-
STANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
FOR EACH COUNTY SHALL, AT A MINIMUM, PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE INTERPRETER
FOR EACH OF THE SIX MOST COMMON LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY INDIVIDUALS WITH
LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY RESIDING IN SUCH COUNTY AT ALL POLL SITES
THAT CONTAIN AN ELECTION DISTRICT WITH AT LEAST FIFTY VOTING AGE RESI-
DENTS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY. THE SIX MOST COMMON LIMITED
ENGLISH PROFICIENCY LANGUAGES, AS WELL AS THE VOTING DISTRICTS WITH AT
LEAST FIFTY VOTING AGE RESIDENTS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY, SHALL
BE DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS BASED UPON THE MOST RECENT
UNITED STATES CENSUS DATA OR AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICE DATA, WHICHEVER
IS MORE RECENT, AND BEGINNING ON JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO,
SUCH DATA SHALL BE REVIEWED EVERY TWO YEARS. UNLESS AN ELECTION DISTRICT
HAS AT LEAST FIFTY VOTING AGE RESIDENTS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY
WHO SPEAK ONE OF THE SIX COMMON LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY INDIVIDUALS WITH
LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY RESIDING IN SUCH COUNTY, AN INTERPRETER FOR
SUCH LANGUAGE SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED FOR ANY POLL SITE IN SUCH ELECTION
DISTRICT.
2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE NEW YORK
CITY BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL, AT A MINIMUM, PROVIDE INTERPRETERS FOR
ALL LANGUAGES THAT ARE DESIGNATED CITY-WIDE LANGUAGES PURSUANT TO
SECTION 23-1101 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK AT
ALL POLL SITES THAT CONTAIN AN ELECTION DISTRICT WITH AT LEAST FIFTY
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
(D) 20th Senate District
2019-S4036A - Details
2019-S4036A - Summary
Requires the board of elections in cities with a population of one million or more to provide at least one interpreter for all languages that are designated city-wide languages at poll sites that contain an election district with at least fifty voting age residents whose limited English proficiency language is a designated city-wide language.
2019-S4036A - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4036A
SPONSOR: GOUNARDES
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to
provision of interpreters at poll sites in certain cities
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This legislation will help voters who do not speak English well to be
able to vote.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one of this bill amends the Election Law by adding a new section
8-110. Subdivision one of this new section provides that in each city
with a population of one million or more that city's Board of Elections
shall provide language interpreters for each language that is designated
a city-wide language by the local statutes in that city and for poll
sites in election districts that have at least fifty voting age resi-
dents with limited English proficiency and primarily speak a city-wide
language. The determination regarding which poll locations require
2019-S4036A - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
4036--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 26, 2019
___________
Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to provision of interpret-
ers at poll sites in certain cities
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 8-110
to read as follows:
§ 8-110. BOARD OF ELECTIONS; PROVISION OF INTERPRETERS. 1. NOTWITH-
STANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY BOARD OF ELECTIONS IN
A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE SHALL, AT A MINIMUM,
PROVIDE INTERPRETERS FOR ALL LANGUAGES THAT ARE DESIGNATED CITY-WIDE
LANGUAGES PURSUANT TO SECTION 23-1101 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE
CITY OF NEW YORK OR OTHER APPLICABLE STATUTE AT ALL POLL SITES THAT
CONTAIN AN ELECTION DISTRICT WITH AT LEAST FIFTY VOTING AGE RESIDENTS
WHOSE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY LANGUAGE IS A DESIGNATED CITY-WIDE
LANGUAGE. THE VOTING DISTRICTS WITH AT LEAST FIFTY VOTING AGE RESIDENTS
WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY SHALL BE MADE BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
BASED UPON THE MOST RECENT UNITED STATES CENSUS DATA OR AMERICAN COMMU-
NITY SERVICE DATA, WHICHEVER IS MORE RECENT, AND BEGINNING ON JANUARY
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, SUCH DATA SHALL BE REVIEWED EVERY TWO
YEARS. UNLESS AN ELECTION DISTRICT HAS AT LEAST FIFTY VOTING AGE RESI-
DENTS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY WHO SPEAK A SPECIFIC CITY-WIDE
LANGUAGE, AN INTERPRETER FOR SUCH CITY-WIDE LANGUAGE SHALL NOT BE
REQUIRED FOR ANY POLL SITE IN SUCH ELECTION DISTRICT.
2. ALL INTERPRETERS PROVIDED BY A BOARD OF ELECTIONS PURSUANT TO
SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
INSIDE THE POLL SITE. ANY INTERPRETER WHO ENGAGES IN ANY ACTIVITY IN
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08999-06-9
co-Sponsors
(D) 20th Senate District
2019-S4036B - Details
2019-S4036B - Summary
Requires the board of elections in cities with a population of one million or more to provide at least one interpreter for all languages that are designated city-wide languages at poll sites that contain an election district with at least fifty voting age residents whose limited English proficiency language is a designated city-wide language.
2019-S4036B - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4036B
SPONSOR: GOUNARDES
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to
provision of interpreters at poll sites in certain cities
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This legislation will help voters who do not speak English well to be
able to vote.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one of this bill amends the Election Law by adding a new section
8-110. Subdivision one of this new section provides that in each city
with a population of one million or more that city's Board of Elections
shall provide language interpreters for each language that is designated
a city-wide language by the local statutes in that city and for poll
sites in election districts that have at least fifty voting age resi-
dents with limited English proficiency and primarily speak a city-wide
language. The determination regarding which poll locations require
2019-S4036B - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
4036--B
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 26, 2019
___________
Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said commit-
tee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to provision of interpret-
ers at poll sites in certain cities
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 8-110
to read as follows:
§ 8-110. BOARD OF ELECTIONS; PROVISION OF INTERPRETERS. 1. NOTWITH-
STANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY BOARD OF ELECTIONS IN
A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE SHALL, AT A MINIMUM,
PROVIDE INTERPRETERS FOR ALL LANGUAGES THAT ARE DESIGNATED CITY-WIDE
LANGUAGES PURSUANT TO SECTION 23-1101 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE
CITY OF NEW YORK OR OTHER APPLICABLE STATUTE AT ALL POLL SITES THAT
CONTAIN AN ELECTION DISTRICT WITH AT LEAST FIFTY VOTING AGE RESIDENTS
WHOSE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY LANGUAGE IS A DESIGNATED CITY-WIDE
LANGUAGE. THE VOTING DISTRICTS WITH AT LEAST FIFTY VOTING AGE RESIDENTS
WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY SHALL BE MADE BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
BASED UPON THE MOST RECENT UNITED STATES CENSUS DATA OR AMERICAN COMMU-
NITY SURVEY DATA, WHICHEVER IS MORE RECENT, AND BEGINNING ON JANUARY
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, SUCH DATA SHALL BE REVIEWED EVERY TWO
YEARS. UNLESS AN ELECTION DISTRICT HAS AT LEAST FIFTY VOTING AGE RESI-
DENTS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY WHO SPEAK A SPECIFIC CITY-WIDE
LANGUAGE, AN INTERPRETER FOR SUCH CITY-WIDE LANGUAGE SHALL NOT BE
REQUIRED FOR ANY POLL SITE IN SUCH ELECTION DISTRICT.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08999-08-9
co-Sponsors
(D) 20th Senate District
2019-S4036C (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S4036C (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires the board of elections in cities with a population of one million or more to provide at least one interpreter for all languages that are designated city-wide languages at poll sites that contain an election district with at least fifty voting age residents whose limited English proficiency language is a designated city-wide language.
2019-S4036C (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4036C
SPONSOR: GOUNARDES
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to
provision of interpreters at poll sites in certain cities
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This legislation will help voters who do not speak English well to be
able to vote.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one of this bill amends the Election Law by adding a new section
8-110. Subdivision one of this new section provides that in each city
with a population of one million or more that city's Board of Elections,
in consultation with the executive office of that city with a population
of one million or more, shall provide language interpreters for each
language that is designated a city-wide language by the local statutes
in that city and for poll sites in election districts that have at least
fifty voting age residents with limited English proficiency and primari-
2019-S4036C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
4036--C
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 26, 2019
___________
Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said commit-
tee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to provision of interpret-
ers at poll sites in certain cities
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 8-110
to read as follows:
§ 8-110. BOARD OF ELECTIONS, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE
OF ANY CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE; PROVISION OF
INTERPRETERS. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY,
ANY BOARD OF ELECTIONS IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR
MORE SHALL, AT A MINIMUM, PROVIDE INTERPRETERS FOR ALL LANGUAGES THAT
ARE DESIGNATED CITY-WIDE LANGUAGES PURSUANT TO SECTION 23-1101 OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK OR OTHER APPLICABLE STATUTE
AT ALL POLL SITES THAT CONTAIN AN ELECTION DISTRICT WITH AT LEAST FIFTY
VOTING AGE RESIDENTS WHOSE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY LANGUAGE IS A
DESIGNATED CITY-WIDE LANGUAGE. THE VOTING DISTRICTS WITH AT LEAST FIFTY
VOTING AGE RESIDENTS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY SHALL BE MADE BY
THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS BASED UPON THE MOST RECENT UNITED STATES CENSUS
DATA OR AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY DATA, WHICHEVER IS MORE RECENT, AND
BEGINNING ON JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, SUCH DATA SHALL BE
REVIEWED EVERY TWO YEARS. UNLESS AN ELECTION DISTRICT HAS AT LEAST FIFTY
VOTING AGE RESIDENTS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY WHO SPEAK A
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08999-12-9
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