Assembly Bill A5230

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the confidentiality of certain voter registration records

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  • 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-A5230 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-220, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10210
2019-2020: A1841

2021-A5230 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the confidentiality of certain voter registration records.

2021-A5230 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5230
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 12, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the confidentiality of
   certain voter registration records
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section 3-220 of the election law, as
 amended by chapter 104 of the laws  of  2010,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  All  registration  records,  certificates,  lists, and inventories
 referred to in, or required by, this chapter shall be public records and
 open to public inspection under the immediate supervision of  the  board
 of elections or its employees and subject to such reasonable regulations
 as  such  board  may  impose, provided, however, that a voter's driver's
 license number, department of motor vehicle non-driver photo ID  number,
 social  security  number,  EMAIL ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBER and facsimile
 number shall not be released for  public  inspection.  No  such  records
 shall  be  handled  at  any  time by any person other than a member of a
 registration board or board of  inspectors  of  elections  or  board  of
 elections except as provided by rules imposed by the board of elections.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01087-01-1

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