Assembly Bill A10320

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the board of elections to check all registered voter's citizenship and lawful permanent resident status

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

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

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2021-A10320 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §5-714, El L

2021-A10320 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the board of elections to check all registered voter's citizenship and lawful permanent resident status.

2021-A10320 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10320
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 13, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. K. Brown) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the board of
   elections to check  all  registered  voter's  citizenship  and  lawful
   permanent resident status
 
   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  5-714
 to read as follows:
   §  5-714.  CHECK  OF  CITIZENSHIP.  THE  BOARD  OF ELECTIONS, WITH THE
 DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, SHALL CHECK ALL REGISTERED VOTER'S AND ALL
 PERSONS ATTEMPTING TO REGISTER TO VOTE'S CITIZENSHIP AND  LAWFUL  PERMA-
 NENT RESIDENT STATUS USING DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLE RECORDS. WHENEVER
 IT APPEARS TO THE SATISFACTION OF A BOARD OF ELECTIONS THAT ANY VOTER OR
 WITNESS HAS MADE A FALSE STATEMENT, WHETHER OR NOT UNDER OATH, AFFECTING
 A  PERSONS  QUALIFICATIONS TO BE REGISTERED OR HAS GIVEN FALSE TESTIMONY
 AT ANY HEARING AFFECTING SUCH REGISTRATION, SUCH BOARD  FORTHWITH  SHALL
 FORWARD SUCH STATEMENT OR TESTIMONY TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13940-01-1

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