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Assembly Bill A10960A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

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

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2025-A10960 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5-508, El L

2025-A10960 - Summary

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 a new application for confidentiality of records.

2025-A10960 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10960
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 14, 2026
                                ___________
 
 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

2025-A10960A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5-508, El L

2025-A10960A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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 a new application for confidentiality of records.

2025-A10960A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10960--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 14, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Election  Law  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 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) NO LATER THAN SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF SUCH CONFIDEN-
 TIALITY OF  REGISTRATION  RECORDS  PROVIDED  TO  A  VICTIM  OF  DOMESTIC
 VIOLENCE,  THE  BOARD  OF ELECTIONS SHALL PROVIDE THE VICTIM OF DOMESTIC
 VIOLENCE WITH NOTICE BY MAIL OF THE DATE OF EXPIRATION OF SUCH CONFIDEN-
 TIALITY AND INFORMATION ON THE PROCESS TO MAKE  A  NEW  APPLICATION  FOR
 CONFIDENTIALITY OF SUCH RECORDS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14320-02-6

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