Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Apr 17, 2023 | returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.109 substituted for a4072 |
Mar 31, 2023 | referred to election law delivered to assembly passed senate |
Mar 13, 2023 | advanced to third reading |
Mar 09, 2023 | 2nd report cal. |
Mar 08, 2023 | 1st report cal.459 |
Jan 09, 2023 | referred to elections |
senate Bill S945
Sponsored By
Michael Gianaris
(D, WF) 12th Senate District
Current Bill Status - Passed Senate & Assembly
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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S945 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A4072
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §9-211, El L
S945 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S945 SPONSOR: GIANARIS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to making technical corrections thereto PURPOSE: This bill amends subdivision 6 of section 9-211 of the election law to make a conforming change in the process for canvassing absentee, mili- tary, special and affidavit ballots in order to obtain the results of an election in a more expedited manner and to assure that every valid vote by a qualified voter is counted. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This is a technical change to 2021-2022 bill S1027A. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S945 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 945 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 9, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GIANARIS -- 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 making technical corrections thereto THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 9-211 of the election law, as amended by chapter 763 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows: 6. Notwithstanding subdivision [four] FIVE of this section, if a voting machine or system is found to have failed to record votes in a manner indicating an operational failure, the board of canvassers shall use the voter verifiable audit records to determine the votes cast on such machine or system, provided such records were not also impaired by the operational failure of the voting machine or system. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03006-01-3
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