Senate Bill S617

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to mandatory training curriculum

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Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar

  • 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-S617 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3-213, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6006
2019-2020: S5417
2021-2022: S263

2023-S617 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to mandatory training curriculum for election commissioners and key staff of boards of elections.

2023-S617 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S617 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    617
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  MYRIE,  HOYLMAN,  KRUEGER, MAY, SEPULVEDA -- 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 mandatory training
   curriculum for election commissioners  and  key  staff  of  boards  of
   elections

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new  section  3-213
 to read as follows:
   §  3-213.  BOARDS  OF  ELECTIONS;  MANDATORY  TRAINING  CURRICULUM. 1.
 ELECTION COMMISSIONERS AND SUCH OTHER BOARD OF  ELECTIONS  EMPLOYEES  AS
 DETERMINED BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL WITHIN SIX MONTHS AFTER
 THEIR  FIRST  APPOINTMENT COMPLETE A COURSE OF INSTRUCTION ON THE OPERA-
 TION OF A BOARD OF ELECTIONS WHICH SHALL BE PROVIDED BY THE STATE  BOARD
 OF  ELECTIONS. THE CURRICULUM SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS IN CONSULTATION WITH  ELECTION  COMMISSIONERS  AND  SHALL  NOT
 EXCEED THIRTY HOURS OF INSTRUCTION.
   2.  ANNUALLY,  ELECTION  COMMISSIONERS  AND  OTHER  BOARD OF ELECTIONS
 EMPLOYEES AS DETERMINED BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, SHALL  COMPLETE
 BEFORE JUNE FIRST A CONTINUING COURSE OF INSTRUCTION ON THE OPERATION OF
 A  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  WHICH  SHALL  BE PROVIDED BY THE STATE BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS. THE CURRICULUM SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BY  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS  IN CONSULTATION WITH THE ELECTION COMMISSIONERS AND SHALL NOT
 EXCEED THREE HOURS OF INSTRUCTION.
   3. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PROVIDE THE TRAINING REQUIRED BY
 SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION THROUGH, IN ADDITION TO OTHER METHODS IT
 MAY CHOOSE, A WEB-BASED RECORDED FORMAT.
   4. UPON THE FAILURE OF A COMMISSIONER OR OTHER  EMPLOYEE  TO  COMPLETE
 THE  INSTRUCTION  WITHIN  THE  TIME  REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION, THE STATE
 BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL SEND A LETTER TO THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OR CITY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00376-01-3

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