Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 09, 2020 |
recommit, enacting clause stricken |
Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to elections returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 03, 2019 |
referred to election law delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1120 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jan 09, 2019 |
referred to elections |
Senate Bill S496
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 33rd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2019-S496 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S496 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S496 SPONSOR: RIVERA TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to noti- fying voters that New York practices a closed primary system PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To better notify voters at the time of their registration that New York State practices a closed Party Primary system. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Paragraph f of subdivision 5 of section 5-21 of the election law is amended to notify voters in bold font on their registration form that New York practices a closed Party Primary system and detail the conse- quences of that. Section 2 sets the effective date. JUSTIFICATION:
2019-S496 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 496 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- 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 notifying voters that New York practices a closed primary system THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 5 of section 5-210 of the election law, as amended by chapter 179 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: (f) Notice [that political] IN BOLD AND PROMINENT TYPE, STATING: "THE STATE OF NEW YORK PRACTICES A CLOSED PARTY PRIMARY SYSTEM. POLITICAL party enrollment is optional, but [that,] in order to vote in a primary election of a political party, a voter must enroll in that political party, unless state party rules allow [otherwise] OTHERWISE". § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02018-01-9
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