Senate Bill S7348

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to authorizing voting by incarcerated individuals in correctional facilities; repealer

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee


  • 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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2023-S7348 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3999
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§5-104, 5-106, 5-400 & 5-708, rpld §5-106 subs 2 - 5, §5-708 sub 2, El L; amd §75, Cor L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6821, A9862
2021-2022: S5755, A699

2023-S7348 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to authorizing voting by incarcerated individuals in correctional facilities; requires the department of corrections and community supervision, in collaboration with the state and county boards of election, to establish a program to facilitate incarcerated individuals voter registration and voting.

2023-S7348 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7348 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7348
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 19, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER, JACKSON, RAMOS, SALAZAR -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Elections
 
 AN  ACT to amend the election law and the correction law, in relation to
   authorizing voting by incarcerated individuals in correctional facili-
   ties; and to repeal certain provisions of the  election  law  relating
   thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 5-104 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A.  AN  INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL VOTING WHILE INCARCERATED IN A STATE
 OR LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY SHALL BE CONSIDERED  A  RESIDENT  OF  THE
 COUNTY,  CITY,  TOWN AND/OR VILLAGE HE OR SHE RESIDED IN PRIOR TO HIS OR
 HER INCARCERATION.
   § 2. Subdivisions 2, 3, 4 and 5 of section 5-106 of the  election  law
 are REPEALED and subdivision 6 is renumbered subdivision 2.
   § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 5-400 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter  659  of the laws of 1994, paragraph (a) as amended by chapter 3
 of the laws of 2019, is amended and a new subdivision 1-a  is  added  to
 read as follows:
   1.  A  voter's  registration, including the registration of a voter in
 inactive status, shall be cancelled if, since the time  of  his  OR  HER
 last registration, he OR SHE:
   (a) Moved his or her residence outside the state.
   (b)  [Was convicted of a felony disqualifying him from voting pursuant
 to the provisions of section 5-106 of this article.
   (c)] Has been adjudicated an incompetent.
   [(d)] (C) Refused to take a challenge oath.
   [(e)] (D) Has died.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06747-01-3
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