| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2024 |
print number 304a |
| Mar 11, 2024 |
amend and recommit to elections |
| Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to elections |
| Jan 04, 2023 |
referred to elections |
Senate Bill S304A
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 48th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
Actions
Bill Amendments
2023-S304 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Elections
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §6-136, El L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2019-2020:
S7326
2021-2022: S1561
2025-2026: S4407
2023-S304 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S304
SPONSOR: MAY
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the election law, in relation to the number of signa-
tures needed for designating petitions in counties with a population of
two hundred fifty thousand or fewer
PURPOSE:
This bill reduces the number of designating petitions for a variety of
candidates for office in counties with two hundred fifty thousand people
or fewer
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Adds new subdivisions 5 and 6 to section 6-136 of the election law to
reduce the signature requirements for designations made by petition and
to require that such petitions must be signed by not less than three and
three-quarters per centum of the enrolled voters of the party residing
in political unit in which the office or position is to be voted for.
2023-S304 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
304
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 4, 2023
___________
Introduced by Sen. MAY -- 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 the number of signa-
tures needed for designating petitions in counties with a population
of two hundred fifty thousand or fewer
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 6-136 of the election law is amended by adding two
new subdivisions 4 and 5 to read as follows:
4. IN COUNTIES WITH A POPULATION OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND OR
FEWER AND NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, FOR DESIG-
NATIONS MADE BY PETITION, THE SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT NUMBERS STATED IN
PARAGRAPHS (A) THROUGH (L) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE
REDUCED BY ONE-QUARTER, ROUNDED DOWN TO THE NEAREST WHOLE NUMBER.
5. NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, FOR DESIGNATING
PETITIONS FOR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS IN COUNTIES WITH A POPULATION OF
TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND OR FEWER, EXCEPT FOR THE POSITION OF MEMBER
OF THE WARD, TOWN, CITY OR COUNTY COMMITTEE, SUCH PETITIONS MUST BE
SIGNED BY NOT LESS THAN THREE AND THREE-QUARTERS PER CENTUM, AS DETER-
MINED BY THE PRECEDING ENROLLMENT, OF THE THEN ENROLLED VOTERS OF THE
PARTY RESIDING WITHIN THE POLITICAL UNIT IN WHICH THE OFFICE OR POSITION
IS TO BE VOTED FOR, EXCLUDING VOTERS IN INACTIVE STATUS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00440-01-3
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 56th Senate District
2023-S304A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Elections
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §6-136, El L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2019-2020:
S7326
2021-2022: S1561
2025-2026: S4407
2023-S304A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S304A
SPONSOR: MAY
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the election law, in relation to the number of signa-
tures needed for designating petitions in counties with a population of
two hundred fifty thousand or fewer
PURPOSE:
This bill reduces the number of designating petitions for a variety of
candidates for office in counties with two hundred fifty thousand people
or fewer
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Adds new subdivisions 5 and 6 to section 6-136 of the election law to
reduce the signature requirements for designations made by petition and
to require that such petitions must be signed by not less than three and
three-quarters per centum of the enrolled voters of the party residing
in political unit in which the office or position is to be voted for.
2023-S304A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
304--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 4, 2023
___________
Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections -- 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 the number of signa-
tures needed for designating petitions in counties with a population
of two hundred fifty thousand or fewer
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 6-136 of the election law is amended by adding two
new subdivisions 4 and 5 to read as follows:
4. IN COUNTIES WITH A POPULATION OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND OR
FEWER AND NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, FOR DESIG-
NATIONS MADE BY PETITION, THE SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT NUMBERS STATED IN
PARAGRAPHS (A) THROUGH (L) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE
REDUCED BY ONE-QUARTER, ROUNDED DOWN TO THE NEAREST WHOLE NUMBER.
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO DESIGNATING
PETITIONS FOR CONGRESSIONAL OR STATEWIDE OFFICES.
5. NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, FOR DESIGNATING
PETITIONS FOR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS IN COUNTIES WITH A POPULATION OF
TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND OR FEWER, EXCEPT FOR THE POSITION OF MEMBER
OF THE WARD, TOWN, CITY OR COUNTY COMMITTEE, SUCH PETITIONS SHALL BE
SIGNED BY NOT LESS THAN THREE AND THREE-QUARTERS PER CENTUM, AS DETER-
MINED BY THE PRECEDING ENROLLMENT, OF THE THEN ENROLLED VOTERS OF THE
PARTY RESIDING WITHIN THE POLITICAL UNIT IN WHICH THE OFFICE OR POSITION
IS TO BE VOTED FOR, EXCLUDING VOTERS IN INACTIVE STATUS. PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO DESIGNATING PETITIONS
FOR CONGRESSIONAL OR STATEWIDE OFFICES.
§ 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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