Requires the board of elections to notify victims of domestic violence whose registration is maintained as confidential of the expiration of the confidentiality of such registration records; requires such notice to include information on the application process to extend such four-year period.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10960
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 14, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the board of
elections to notify victims of domestic violence whose registration is
maintained as confidential of the expiration of the confidentiality of
such registration records
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 5-508 of the election law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
(C) THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PROVIDE A NOTICE OF THE FOUR-YEAR
PERIOD'S EXPIRATION DATE TO EACH VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WHOSE
REGISTRATION IS MAINTAINED AS CONFIDENTIAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
SECTION. SUCH NOTICE SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION ON THE APPLICATION PROC-
ESS TO EXTEND SUCH FOUR-YEAR PERIOD. SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE MAILED TO THE
VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NO LATER THAN SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THE EXPI-
RATION OF SUCH FOUR-YEAR PERIOD.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14320-01-5
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