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Assembly Bill A2554A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to designating state and city university campuses as early voting sites and polling sites

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2025-A2554 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7961
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4-104, add §8-606, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8783
2021-2022: A4179
2023-2024: A34

2025-A2554 - Summary

Designates campuses which are operated by the state university of New York with at least sixteen thousand enrolled students as early voting sites and polling sites.

2025-A2554 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2554
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the election law, in relation to designating state and
   city university campuses as early voting sites and polling sites
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  4-104 of the election law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 5-b to read as follows:
   5-B. WHENEVER A CAMPUS WHICH IS OPERATED BY THE  STATE  UNIVERSITY  OF
 NEW  YORK OR THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND HAS AN ON CAMPUS DORMI-
 TORY, A POLLING PLACE DESIGNATED FOR REGISTRANTS ON SUCH CAMPUS SHALL BE
 AT A LOCATION APPROVED BY SUCH COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.
   § 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 8-606 to read
 as follows:
   § 8-606. EARLY VOTING ON STATE  AND  CITY  UNIVERSITY  CAMPUSES.  EACH
 CAMPUS WHICH IS OPERATED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK OR THE CITY
 UNIVERSITY  OF  NEW YORK AND WHICH HAS AN ON CAMPUS DORMITORY SHALL HAVE
 AN EARLY VOTING SITE ON SUCH CAMPUS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01159-01-5

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2025-A2554A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7961
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4-104, add §8-606, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8783
2021-2022: A4179
2023-2024: A34

2025-A2554A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates campuses which are operated by the state university of New York with at least sixteen thousand enrolled students as early voting sites and polling sites.

2025-A2554A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2554--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- 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  designating  certain
   state university campuses as early voting sites and polling sites

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 4-104 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 5-b to read as follows:
   5-B.  WHENEVER  A  CAMPUS WHICH IS OPERATED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF
 NEW YORK AND HAS AN ENROLLMENT OF AT LEAST SIXTEEN THOUSAND STUDENTS AND
 AN ON CAMPUS DORMITORY, A POLLING PLACE DESIGNATED  FOR  REGISTRANTS  ON
 SUCH CAMPUS SHALL BE AT A LOCATION APPROVED BY SUCH COLLEGE OR UNIVERSI-
 TY.
   § 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 8-606 to read
 as follows:
   §  8-606. EARLY VOTING ON STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES. EACH CAMPUS WHICH
 IS OPERATED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND WHICH HAS AN ENROLL-
 MENT OF AT LEAST SIXTEEN THOUSAND STUDENTS AND AN  ON  CAMPUS  DORMITORY
 SHALL HAVE AN EARLY VOTING SITE ON SUCH CAMPUS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01159-02-5

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