| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to elections |
| Jan 26, 2021 |
referred to elections |
Senate Bill S2876
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 27th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
Actions
2021-S2876 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S2876 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2876
SPONSOR: KAVANAGH
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the election law, in relation to the text of proposed
constitutional amendments and questions
PURPOSE:
This bill will clarify that the Attorney General, as the state's chief
law enforcement officer, is responsible for the text of any statewide
ballot question.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends section 4-108 of the election law to require the state
board of elections to publish the text of any proposed constitutional
amendment, proposition or question, to require that the language of the
proposed amendment, proposition or question be unbiased and to require
that the language be prepared by the attorney general.
2021-S2876 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2876
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 26, 2021
___________
Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- 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 text of proposed
constitutional amendments and questions
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraphs a and d of subdivision 1 and subdivisions 2 and
3 of section 4-108 of the election law, paragraph d of subdivision 1 and
subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 136 of the laws of 1978, and subdi-
vision 3 as added by chapter 234 of the laws of 1976, are amended to
read as follows:
a. Whenever any proposed amendment to the constitution or other ques-
tion provided by law to be submitted to a statewide vote shall be
submitted to the people for their approval, the state board of elections
at least three months prior to the general election at which such amend-
ment, proposition or question is to be submitted, shall (I) transmit to
each county board of elections a certified copy of the text of each
amendment, proposition or question and a statement of the form in which
it is to be submitted; AND (II) PUBLISH A COPY OF THE TEXT OF EACH
AMENDMENT, PROPOSITION OR QUESTION AND A STATEMENT OF THE FORM IN WHICH
IT IS TO BE SUBMITTED ON THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS WEBSITE UNTIL THE
DAY AFTER THE GENERAL ELECTION OF THAT PARTICULAR YEAR.
d. In addition to the text, AS REQUIRED UNDER PARAGRAPH A OF THIS
SUBDIVISION, such transmittal shall contain an abstract of such proposed
amendment, proposition or question, [prepared by the state board of
elections] concisely stating the purpose and effect thereof in a clear
and coherent manner using words with common and everyday meanings.
2. The form in which the proposed amendment, proposition or question
is to be submitted shall consist of only an abbreviated title indicating
generally and briefly, and in a clear, UNBIASED and coherent manner
using words with common and [every-day] EVERYDAY meanings, the subject
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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