Assembly Actions -
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May 12, 2021 |
delivered to secretary of state |
May 11, 2021 |
returned to senate passed assembly |
May 10, 2021 |
ordered to third reading cal.312 substituted for a4431 |
Mar 17, 2021 |
opinion referred to judiciary |
Jan 11, 2021 |
referred to election law delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.3 reported and committed to rules |
Jan 08, 2021 |
to attorney-general for opinion |
Jan 06, 2021 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S360
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 14th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate & Assembly
- 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
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
(D) 36th Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
2021-S360 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S360 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S360 SPONSOR: COMRIE TITLE OF BILL: CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section 2 of article 2 of the constitution, in relation to authoriz- ing ballot by mail by removing cause for absentee ballot voting PURPOSE: This resolution amends the state Constitution to allow for any voter to request to vote by mail without declaring any reason for doing so. JUSTIFICATION: Historically, the New York State Constitution allows absentee voting in extraordinarily narrow circumstances, such as if a person expects to be absent from the county in which they live, or the City of New York, or because of illness for physical disability. As we have seen in the most recent election, voting by mail is becoming the norm, not the exception.
2021-S360 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 360 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, ADDABBO, BAILEY, BENJAMIN, BIAGGI, BRESLIN, BROOKS, FELDER, GAUGHRAN, GIANARIS, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HOYLMAN, JACKSON, KAMINSKY, KAPLAN, KAVANAGH, KENNEDY, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MAYER, MYRIE, PARKER, PERSAUD, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SAVI- NO, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, SKOUFIS, STAVISKY, STEWART-COUSINS, THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section 2 of article 2 of the constitution, in relation to authorizing ballot by mail by removing cause for absentee ballot voting Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 2 of arti- cle 2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: § 2. The legislature may, by general law, provide a manner in which, and the time and place at which, qualified voters [who, on the occur- rence of any election, may be absent from the county of their residence or, if residents of the city of New York, from the city, and qualified voters who, on the occurrence of any election, may be unable to appear personally at the polling place because of illness or physical disabili- ty,] may vote and for the return and canvass of their votes IN ANY ELECTION. § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment be submitted to the people for approval at the general election to be held in the year 2021 in accordance with the provisions of the election law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD89075-01-1
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