| Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| May 17, 2022 | referred to election law delivered to assembly passed senate |
| Mar 02, 2022 | advanced to third reading |
| Mar 01, 2022 | 2nd report cal. |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 1st report cal.566 |
| Feb 01, 2022 | print number 7382a |
| Feb 01, 2022 | amend (t) and recommit to elections |
| Jan 05, 2022 | referred to elections |
| Sep 17, 2021 | referred to rules |
senate Bill S7382A
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
Zellnor Myrie
(D) 20th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Passed Senate
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S7382 - Details
S7382 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7382 SPONSOR: MYRIE TITLE OF BILL: An act to repeal section 17-140 of the election law, relating to furnishing money or entertainment to induce attendance at polls PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill repeals in its entirety Election Law section 17-140, commonly referred to as the "line warming ban." SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill repeals in its entirety Election Law section 17-140. JUSTIFICATION: Election law section 17-140, commonly referred to as a line warming ban, effectively prohibits organizations from handing out refreshments, water
S7382 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7382
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
September 17, 2021
___________
Introduced by Sen. MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to repeal section 17-140 of the election law, relating to
furnishing money or entertainment to induce attendance at polls
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 17-140 of the election law is REPEALED.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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Co-Sponsors
Alessandra Biaggi
(D, WF) 0 Senate District
Rachel May
(D, WF) 48th Senate District
S7382A (ACTIVE) - Details
S7382A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7382A SPONSOR: MYRIE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to furnishing money or entertainment to induce attendance at polls PURPOSE: To amend the executive law, in relation to establishing application processing and review requirements for reprieves, commutations and pardons. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. amends the election law, as amended by chapter 414 of the laws of 1992, to allow items with nominal value such as water or snacks to be distributed to voters at polling places distributed as well as allowing those distributions on lines outside polling locations. Section 2 provides for the effective date.
S7382A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7382--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
September 17, 2021
___________
Introduced by Sen. MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to
the Committee on Elections in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to furnishing money or
entertainment to induce attendance at polls
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 17-140 of the election law, as amended by chapter
414 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
§ 17-140. Furnishing money or entertainment to induce attendance at
polls. Any person who directly or indirectly by himself OR HERSELF or
through any other person in connection with or in respect of any
election during the hours of voting on a day of a general, special or
primary election gives or provides, or causes to be given or provided,
or shall pay, wholly or in part, for any meat, drink, tobacco[, refresh-
ment] or provision to or for any person, other than persons who are
official representatives of the board of elections or political parties
and committees and persons who are engaged as watchers, party represen-
tatives or workers assisting the candidate, except any such [meat,
drink, tobacco, refreshment or provision] ITEM having [a retail value of
less than one dollar,] A NOMINAL VALUE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
SNACKS, WATER, SOFT DRINKS, OR OTHER REFRESHMENTS which [is] ARE given
or provided to any person in a polling place OR IN LINE TO VOTE AT A
POLLING PLACE without any identification of the person or entity supply-
ing such provisions, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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