NY State Senate Bill 2021-S6029

Senate Bill S6029

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Suspends all unnecessary travel by government agencies, departments, boards, divisions, authorities, and commissions as long as Act 9 of 2021, SB 202, of Georgia is in effect

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Delivered to Governor
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2021-S6029 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6969
Current Committee:: Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:: Executive

2021-S6029 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Suspends all unnecessary travel by government agencies, departments, boards, authorities, and commissions as long as Act 9 of 2021, SB 202, of Georgia is in effect.

2021-S6029 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S6029

SPONSOR: GAUGHRAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act in relation to suspending all unnecessary travel to the state of
Georgia so long as Act 9 of 2021, SB 202, as signed into law on March
25, 2021 in the state of Georgia is in effect; and providing for the
repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Prohibits unnecessary travel to the state of Georgia due to the passage
of laws disenfranchising voters.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Sections one directs all state agencies, departments, boards, divisions,
authorities and commissions shall review all requests for state-funded
or state-sponsored travel to the state of Georgia in light of the
passage of SB 202, which disenfranchises voters.  Further, this section

also suspends all unnecessary travel by New York State employees within
the state of Georgia.

Section two provides that this act shall take effect immediately and
shall expire and be deemed repealed upon the repeal of Act 9 of 2021, SB
202, which was signed in to law on March 25, 2021 in the State of Geor-
gia.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

On March 25, 2021, the Governor of Georgia signed in to law SB202, now
known as Act 9. This law will disenfranchise the voters of the state of
Georgia by making it more difficult for them to exercise their voting
rights. This law decreases the amount of time that voters have to apply
for, and return, absentee ballots. It will also increase the administra-
tive paperwork that a voter must include with their absentee ballot
application request. This law caps the number of absentee ballot drop
boxes and limits the hours that they are operational, making it more
difficult for voters to return their absentee ballots and limits the
availability of provisional ballots.

New York State has a long history of supporting voting rights, and has
made great improvements over the course of the past several years in
relation to expanding voting opportunities for our citizens. The State
of Georgia should expeditiously repeal their new law to ensure that all
citizens are able to exercise their voting rights.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall be expire and be deemed
repealed upon the repeal of Act 9 of 2021, SB 202, which was signed into
law on March 25, 2021 in the state of Georgia; provided, however, that
the secretary of state shall notify the legislative bill drafting
commission upon the occurrence of the enactment into law by the state of
Georgia repealing Act 9 of 2021 in order that the commission may main-
tain an accurate and timely effective data base of the official text of
the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the
provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the
public officers law.

2021-S6029 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6029
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 30, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GAUGHRAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT in relation to suspending all unnecessary travel to the state  of
   Georgia  so long as Act 9 of 2021, SB 202, as signed into law on March
   25, 2021 in the state of Georgia is in effect; and providing  for  the
   repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 1. Notwithstanding any  law,  rule  or  regulation  to  the
 contrary,  all agencies, departments, boards, divisions, authorities and
 commissions shall review all requests for  state-funded  or  state-spon-
 sored  travel  to the state of Georgia so long as Act 9 of 2021, SB 202,
 as signed into law on March 25, 2021 in the  state  of  Georgia,  is  in
 effect.
   2.  Any  such  publicly  funded  or  publicly sponsored travel to such
 location, unless such travel is necessary for  the  enforcement  of  New
 York  state  law,  to  meet  prior  contractual  obligations, or for the
 protection of public health, welfare, and safety, or is otherwise in the
 interest of the state, is suspended.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed  repealed  upon  the  repeal  of Act 9 of 2021, SB 202, which was
 signed into law on March 25, 2021 in the  state  of  Georgia;  provided,
 however,  that  the secretary of  state  shall  notify  the  legislative
 bill  drafting commission upon the occurrence of the enactment into  law
 by  the  state  of  Georgia  repealing  Act  9 of 2021 in order that the
 commission may maintain an accurate and timely  effective data  base  of
 the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of
 effectuating the provisions of section 44 of  the  legislative  law  and
 section 70-b of the public officers law.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10701-02-1

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