Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Apr 09, 2021 | print number 286a |
Apr 09, 2021 | amend and recommit to elections |
Jan 06, 2021 | referred to elections |
senate Bill S286A
Sponsored By
Zellnor Myrie
(D) 20th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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Bill Amendments
Co-Sponsors
Alessandra Biaggi
(D, WF) 34th Senate District
John E. Brooks
(D) 8th Senate District
Brad Hoylman
(D, WF) 27th Senate District
S286 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Elections
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §3-222, El L
- Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
-
S7237
S286 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S286 SPONSOR: MYRIE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to availability of elec- tronic ballot images PURPOSE: Requires the board of elections to make available to the public upon request, electronic images of cast ballots from ballot scanners at an election, and requires these images to be available no later than one week after such election. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends Subdivision 1 of section 3-222 of the election law to include memory cards or other similar electronic media and requires such electronically rendered images to be copied from the memory cards or other similar electronic media by the board of elections no later than
S286 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 286 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. 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 availability of elec- tronic ballot images THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 3-222 of the election law, as amended by chapter 169 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: 1. Except as hereinafter provided, removable memory cards or other similar electronic media shall remain sealed against reuse until such time as the information stored on such media has been preserved in a manner consistent with procedures developed and distributed by the state board of elections. Provided, however, that: (I) the information stored on such MEMORY CARD OR OTHER SIMILAR electronic media and all the data and figures therein may be examined upon the order of any court or judge of competent jurisdiction or may be examined at the direction of a committee of the senate or assembly to investigate and report upon contested elections of members of the legislature voted for by the use of voting machines utilizing such electronic media and such data and such figures examined by such committee in the presence of the officer having the custody of voting machines and electronic media; AND (II) THE ELECTRONICALLY RENDERED IMAGE OF EACH CAST BALLOT PRODUCED BY EACH BALLOT SCANNER USED AT AN ELECTION SHALL BE COPIED FROM THE MEMORY CARDS OR OTHER SIMILAR ELECTRONIC MEDIA BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS NO LATER THAN ONE WEEK AFTER SUCH ELECTION, AND SUCH COPIED ELECTRONIC IMAGES OF CAST BALLOTS SHALL BE PUBLIC RECORDS OF THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
Co-Sponsors
Alessandra Biaggi
(D, WF) 34th Senate District
John E. Brooks
(D) 8th Senate District
Brad Hoylman
(D, WF) 27th Senate District
S286A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Elections
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §3-222, El L
- Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
-
S7237
S286A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S286A SPONSOR: MYRIE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to availability of elec- tronic ballot images PURPOSE: Requires the board of elections to make available to the public upon request, electronic images of cast ballots from ballot scanners at an election, and requires these images to be available no later than one week after such election. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends Subdivision 1 of section 3-222 of the election law to include memory cards or other similar electronic media and requires such electronically rendered images, and records of the cast vote record, showing how the ballot was interpreted, to be copied from the memory
S286A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 286--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MYRIE, BIAGGI, BROOKS, HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to availability of elec- tronic ballot images THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 3-222 of the election law, as amended by chapter 169 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: 1. Except as hereinafter provided, removable memory cards or other similar electronic media shall remain sealed against reuse until such time as the information stored on such media has been preserved in a manner consistent with procedures developed and distributed by the state board of elections. Provided, however, that: (I) the information stored on such MEMORY CARD OR OTHER SIMILAR electronic media and all the data and figures therein may be examined upon the order of any court or judge of competent jurisdiction or may be examined at the direction of a committee of the senate or assembly to investigate and report upon contested elections of members of the legislature voted for by the use of voting machines utilizing such electronic media and such data and such figures examined by such committee in the presence of the officer having the custody of voting machines and electronic media; AND (II) THE ELECTRONICALLY RENDERED IMAGE OF EACH CAST BALLOT PRODUCED BY EACH BALLOT SCANNER USED AT AN ELECTION AND THE CAST VOTE RECORD THAT SHOWS HOW THE BALLOT IMAGE WAS INTERPRETED SHALL BE COPIED FROM THE MEMORY CARDS OR OTHER SIMILAR ELECTRONIC MEDIA BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS NO LATER THAN ONE WEEK AFTER SUCH ELECTION, AND SUCH COPIED ELECTRONIC IMAGES OF CAST BALLOTS AND THE CAST VOTE RECORDS SHALL BE PUBLIC RECORDS OF THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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