Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 11, 2020 |
signed chap.21 delivered to governor |
Feb 04, 2020 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.384 substituted for a9128 |
Jan 29, 2020 |
referred to election law delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jan 27, 2020 |
advanced to third reading |
Jan 23, 2020 |
2nd report cal. |
Jan 22, 2020 |
1st report cal.259 |
Jan 13, 2020 |
referred to elections |
Senate Bill S7236
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 20th 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
Actions
Votes
2019-S7236 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9128
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §4-117, El L
2019-S7236 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7236 SPONSOR: MYRIE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to the timing of the annu- al check of registrants; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof PURPOSE: To provide for the mailing of annual voter registrant checks no more than 90 days before a primary election, and no less than 85 days before a primary election, so such mailings will not occur during the early voting period for such primary. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Increases the mailing requirements of annual voter registrant checks from no less than 65 days to no less than 85 days, and no more than 70 days to no more than 90 days before a primary election.
2019-S7236 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7236 I N S E N A T E January 13, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MYRIE -- 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 the timing of the annu- al check of registrants; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 4-117 of the election law, as separately amended by chapters 3 and 5 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 1. The board of elections, not less than [sixty-five] EIGHTY-FIVE days nor more than [seventy] NINETY days before the primary election in each year, shall send by mail on which is endorsed such language designated by the state board of elections to ensure postal authorities do not forward such mail but return it to the board of elections with forward- ing information, when it cannot be delivered as addressed and which contains a request that any such mail received for persons not residing at the address be dropped back in the mail, a communication, in a form approved by the state board of elections, to every registered voter who has been registered without a change of address since the beginning of such year, except that the board of elections shall not be required to send such communications to voters in inactive status. The communication shall notify the voter of the days and hours of the ensuing primary and general elections, the place where he or she appears by his or her registration records to be entitled to vote, the fact that voters who have moved or will have moved from the address where they were last registered must either notify the board of elections of his or her new address or vote by paper ballot at the polling place for his or her new address even if such voter has not re-registered, or otherwise notified the board of elections of the change of address. If the primary will not be held on the first Tuesday after the second Monday in September, the communication shall contain a conspicuous notice in all capital letters and bold font notifying the voter of the primary date. If the location of the polling place for the voter's election district has been moved, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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