Assembly Bill A9935

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to declining a party designation or nomination after being arrested, indicted or convicted of a crime

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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-A9935 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6-146, El L

2021-A9935 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows a candidate for nomination or for party position, or nominated for an office to decline such designation or nomination after they are arrested, indicted or convicted of a crime no later than four days after such arrest, indictment or conviction.

2021-A9935 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9935
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 19, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to declining a designation
   or nomination after being arrested, indicted or convicted of a crime
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 6-146 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  A.  A PERSON DESIGNATED AS A CANDIDATE FOR NOMINATION OR FOR PARTY
 POSITION, OR NOMINATED FOR AN OFFICE AND WHO IS  ARRESTED,  INDICTED  OR
 CONVICTED OF A CRIME MAY DECLINE THE DESIGNATION OR NOMINATION OF ONE OR
 MORE  OF  THE  REMAINING PARTY DESIGNATIONS OR NOMINATIONS NO LATER THAN
 FOUR DAYS AFTER SUCH ARREST, INDICTMENT OR CONVICTION.
   B. FOR THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO ONLY, A PERSON DESIGNATED AS A
 CANDIDATE FOR NOMINATION OR FOR PARTY  POSITION,  OR  NOMINATED  FOR  AN
 OFFICE  AND  WHO HAS BEEN ARRESTED, INDICTED OR CONVICTED OF A CRIME MAY
 DECLINE THE DESIGNATION OR NOMINATION OF ONE OR MORE OF SUCH PARTY NOMI-
 NATIONS NO LATER THAN FOUR DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS  SUBDI-
 VISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15378-04-2

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