senate Bill S6163

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the effectiveness of providing uniform polling hours during primary elections

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Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor

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

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Oct 30, 2019 signed chap.441
Oct 21, 2019 delivered to governor
Jun 18, 2019 returned to senate
passed assembly
Jun 17, 2019 ordered to third reading rules cal.190
substituted for a7709
Jun 04, 2019 referred to ways and means
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Jun 03, 2019 advanced to third reading
May 30, 2019 2nd report cal.
May 29, 2019 1st report cal.906
May 21, 2019 referred to elections

Votes

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Jun 4, 2019 - floor Vote

S6163
60
2
floor
60
Aye
2
Nay
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Floor Vote: Jun 4, 2019

aye (60)
nay (2)

May 29, 2019 - Elections committee Vote

S6163
7
0
committee
7
Aye
0
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Elections Committee Vote: May 29, 2019

aye (7)

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S6163 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7709
Law Section:
Elections
Laws Affected:
Amd Part BBB §2, Chap 55 of 2019

S6163 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the effectiveness of providing uniform polling hours during primary elections.

S6163 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S6163 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 


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

                                  6163

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 21, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections

AN ACT to amend part BBB of chapter 55 of the laws of 2019 amending  the
  election law relating to providing uniform polling hours during prima-
  ry elections, in relation to the effectiveness thereof

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

  Section 1. Section 2 of part BBB of chapter 55 of the  laws  of  2019,
amending  the  election  law relating to providing uniform polling hours
during primary elections, is amended to read as follows:
  § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January after it shall
have become a law and shall apply to any election held  [120]  115  days
after.
  § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11866-01-9

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