Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 29, 2021 | signed chap.90 delivered to governor |
Feb 10, 2021 | returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.313 substituted for s4380 |
Feb 09, 2021 | referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.21 rules report cal.21 reported reported referred to rules |
Feb 04, 2021 | referred to election law |
assembly Bill A4686
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BURGOS
Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed by Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Jo Anne Simon
Jonathan Jacobson
A4686 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S4380
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §6-142, El L
A4686 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4686 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 4, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BURGOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the number of signa- tures for independent nominating petitions; 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. Section 6-142 of the election law, as amended by chapter 79 of the laws of 1992, subdivision 1 as amended by section 9 of part ZZZ of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020 and paragraph (d-1) of subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 418 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows: § 6-142. Independent nominations; number of signatures. 1. An inde- pendent nominating petition for candidates to be voted for by all the voters of the state must be signed by at least forty-five thousand voters, or one percent of the total number of votes, excluding blank and void ballots, cast for the office of governor at the last gubernatorial election, whichever is less, of whom at least five hundred, or one percent of enrolled voters, whichever is less, shall reside in each of one-half of the congressional districts of the State. 2. An independent nominating petition for the nomination of candidates for an office to be filled by the voters of any other political unit must be signed by voters numbering [five] TWO AND ONE-HALF per centum of the total number of votes cast for governor at the last gubernatorial election in such unit, excluding blank and void votes, except that not more than [three thousand five hundred] ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY signatures shall be required upon any such petition for any office to be filled in any political subdivision of the state wholly outside the city of New York, and not more than the following numbers of signatures shall be required upon any such petition for the following public offices respectively: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.