Senate Bill S786

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to provision of interpreters at poll sites in certain cities

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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-S786 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7467
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §8-110, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S4036, A6075
2023-2024: S7367, A1902

2021-S786 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the board of elections in cities with a population of one million or more to provide at least one interpreter for all languages that are designated city-wide languages at poll sites that contain an election district with at least fifty voting age residents whose limited English proficiency language is a designated city-wide language.

2021-S786 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S786 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    786
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. GOUNARDES, MYRIE -- 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 provision of interpret-
   ers at poll sites in certain cities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The election law is amended by adding a new section 8-110
 to read as follows:
   § 8-110. BOARD OF ELECTIONS, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE
 OF ANY CITY WITH A POPULATION OF  ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE;  PROVISION  OF
 INTERPRETERS.  1.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY,
 ANY BOARD OF ELECTIONS IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR
 MORE  SHALL,  AT  A MINIMUM, PROVIDE INTERPRETERS FOR ALL LANGUAGES THAT
 ARE DESIGNATED CITY-WIDE LANGUAGES PURSUANT TO SECTION  23-1101  OF  THE
 ADMINISTRATIVE  CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK OR OTHER APPLICABLE STATUTE
 AT ALL POLL SITES THAT CONTAIN AN ELECTION DISTRICT WITH AT LEAST  FIFTY
 VOTING  AGE  RESIDENTS  WHOSE  LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY LANGUAGE IS A
 DESIGNATED CITY-WIDE LANGUAGE. THE VOTING DISTRICTS WITH AT LEAST  FIFTY
 VOTING  AGE  RESIDENTS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY SHALL BE MADE BY
 THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS BASED UPON THE MOST RECENT UNITED  STATES  CENSUS
 DATA  OR  AMERICAN  COMMUNITY SURVEY DATA, WHICHEVER IS MORE RECENT, AND
 BEGINNING ON JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, SUCH DATA SHALL BE
 REVIEWED EVERY TWO YEARS. UNLESS AN ELECTION DISTRICT HAS AT LEAST FIFTY
 VOTING AGE RESIDENTS  WITH  LIMITED  ENGLISH  PROFICIENCY  WHO  SPEAK  A
 SPECIFIC  CITY-WIDE LANGUAGE, AN INTERPRETER FOR SUCH CITY-WIDE LANGUAGE
 SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED FOR ANY POLL SITE IN SUCH ELECTION DISTRICT.
   2. ALL INTERPRETERS PROVIDED BY  A  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS SECTION SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC
 INSIDE THE POLL SITE. ANY INTERPRETER WHO ENGAGES  IN  ANY  ACTIVITY  IN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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