Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Sep 20, 2023 |
signed chap.478 |
Sep 19, 2023 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 01, 2023 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.450 substituted for a5180a |
Jun 01, 2023 |
substituted by s1733a rules report cal.450 reported |
May 31, 2023 |
reported referred to rules |
May 24, 2023 |
reported referred to ways and means |
May 19, 2023 |
print number 5180a |
May 19, 2023 |
amend (t) and recommit to education |
Mar 03, 2023 |
referred to education |
Assembly Bill A5180A
Signed By Governor2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WALLACE
Current Bill Status Via S1733 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
William Conrad
Karen McMahon
William Colton
Rebecca Seawright
2023-A5180 - Details
2023-A5180 - Summary
Requires local boards of education, BOCES, charter schools and non public schools to adopt policies to promote student voter registration and pre-registration, including procedures for providing access to voter registration and pre-registration applications during the school year and assistance with filing such applications and informing students of the state requirements for voter registration and pre-registration.
2023-A5180 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5180 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 3, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WALLACE, CONRAD, McMAHON, COLTON, SEAWRIGHT, DARLING, DINOWITZ, GUNTHER, ZINERMAN, THIELE, SIMON, STECK, JACOBSON, SILLITTI, HEVESI, SEPTIMO, JACKSON, FORREST -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a school voter registration access program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new article 25 to read as follows: ARTICLE 25 SCHOOL VOTER REGISTRATION ACCESS SECTION 1301. SCHOOL VOTER REGISTRATION ACCESS. § 1301. SCHOOL VOTER REGISTRATION ACCESS. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, CHARTER SCHOOL, AND NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL SHALL ADOPT A POLICY TO PROMOTE STUDENT VOTER REGISTRATION AND PRE-REGISTRATION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER TWO OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN. SUCH POLICY SHALL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, REQUIRE ALL SCHOOLS OPERATED BY SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS SERVING ANY OR ALL OF GRADES TEN, ELEVEN, AND TWELVE TO MAKE AVAILABLE ACCESS TO VOTER REGISTRATION AND PRE-REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE PURPOSES OF EDUCATING STUDENTS ABOUT THE VOTING ENROLLMENT PROCESS AND PROVIDING ELIGIBLE STUDENTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO REGISTER OR PRE-REGISTER TO VOTE AS APPLICABLE. SUCH POLICY SHALL INCLUDE PROCEDURES FOR ACQUIRING AND TRANSMITTING VOTER REGISTRATION AND PRE-REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS TO AND FROM THE LOCAL BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND DISSEMINATION AMONG THEIR APPROPRIATE SCHOOLS, METHODS OF REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH ELIGIBLE STUDENTS ON THE AVAIL- ABILITY OF SUCH APPLICATIONS AND THEIR RIGHT TO REGISTER OR PRE-REGISTER TO VOTE AND MAY INCLUDE COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL BOARDS OF ELECTIONS AND EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04510-01-3
co-Sponsors
William Conrad
Karen McMahon
William Colton
Rebecca Seawright
2023-A5180A (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-A5180A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires local boards of education, BOCES, charter schools and non public schools to adopt policies to promote student voter registration and pre-registration, including procedures for providing access to voter registration and pre-registration applications during the school year and assistance with filing such applications and informing students of the state requirements for voter registration and pre-registration.
2023-A5180A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5180--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 3, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WALLACE, CONRAD, McMAHON, COLTON, SEAWRIGHT, DARLING, DINOWITZ, GUNTHER, ZINERMAN, THIELE, SIMON, STECK, JACOBSON, SILLITTI, HEVESI, SEPTIMO, JACKSON, FORREST -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to encouraging student voter registration and pre-registration THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 5-507 of the election law, as added by chapter 2 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 2. Encouragement of student voter registration and pre-registration. Local boards of education, BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, CHARTER SCHOOLS AND NON PUBLIC SCHOOLS are required to adopt policies to promote student voter registration and pre-registration. These policies may include collaboration with county boards of elections to conduct voter registration and pre-registration in high schools AND SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, PROCEDURES FOR: (I) PROVIDING ACCESS TO VOTER REGISTRATION AND PRE-REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AND ASSISTANCE WITH FILING SUCH APPLICATIONS; AND (II) INFORMING STUDENTS OF THE STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR VOTER REGISTRATION AND PRE-REGIS- TRATION. Completion and submission of voter registration or pre-regis- tration forms shall not be a course requirement or graded assignment for students. § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04510-08-3
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