Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Oct 30, 2019 |
signed chap.440 |
Oct 21, 2019 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 18, 2019 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.377 substituted for a6714 |
Jun 14, 2019 |
referred to election law delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 03, 2019 |
advanced to third reading |
May 30, 2019 |
2nd report cal. |
May 29, 2019 |
1st report cal.903 |
May 02, 2019 |
referred to elections |
Senate Bill S5475
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 48th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- 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
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2019-S5475 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S5475 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5475 SPONSOR: MAY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to opportunity to ballot committee to receive notices PURPOSE: The purpose of this legislation is to ensure that opportunity to ballot committee members have capacity to bring proceedings. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Section 6-164 of the election law, as amended by chapter 16 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows: All required notices shall be served on the members of the committee named in the petition, and such committee shall have capacity to bring a proceeding under this chapter as if such committee was a candidate named on a petition. Section 2. Establishes the effective date.
2019-S5475 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5475 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 2, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MAY -- 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 opportunity to ballot committee to receive notices THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 6-164 of the election law, as amended by chapter 16 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows: § 6-164. Primary, uncontested; opportunity to ballot. Enrolled members of a party entitled to vote in the nomination of a candidate for public office or the election of a candidate for party position in a primary election of such party, and equal in number to at least the number of signers required to designate a candidate for such office or position may file with the officer or board with whom or which are filed desig- nating petitions for such office or position a petition requesting an opportunity to write in the name of a candidate or candidates, who need not be specified, for such office or position. Upon the receipt of such a petition, such office or position shall be deemed contested and the primary ballots of the party shall afford an opportunity to vote there- on. Requests for an opportunity to write in the names of candidates for two or more offices or positions may be included in the same petition. Such petitions shall be subject to objections and court determination thereof in the same manner as designating petitions so far as the provisions therefor are applicable. All required notices shall be served on the members of the committee named in the petition, AND SUCH COMMIT- TEE SHALL HAVE CAPACITY TO BRING A PROCEEDING UNDER THIS CHAPTER AS IF SUCH COMMITTEE WAS A CANDIDATE NAMED ON A PETITION. A signature to a petition for an opportunity to ballot in primary elections made earlier than sixteen days before the last day to file designating petitions for the primary election shall not be counted. § 2. This act shall take effect on the fifteenth day of December after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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