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Assembly Bill A5133

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires choices of a question or proposal printed on a ballot include a brief phrase stating the effect of such choice should such choice win such question or proposal

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2025-A5133 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7-104, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A10294
2023-2024: A7950

2025-A5133 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires choices of a question or proposal printed on a ballot include a brief phrase stating the effect of such choice should such choice win such question or proposal.

2025-A5133 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5133
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 12, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring that choices
   of a question or proposal printed on a ballot include a  brief  phrase
   stating the effect of such choice should such choice win such question
   or proposal

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 7-104 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 15-a to read as follows:
   15-A. (A) WHEN A QUESTION OR PROPOSAL IS INCLUDED ON THE BALLOT, THERE
 SHALL  BE THE FOLLOWING WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF THE QUESTION OR PROPOSAL
 FOR EACH TYPE OF VOTE WHICH CAN BE CHOSEN:
   "A (TYPE OF VOTE) VOTE SHALL HAVE THE EFFECT OF (THE POSITIVE OR NEGA-
 TIVE EFFECTS OF THE TYPE OF VOTE WINNING SUCH QUESTION OR PROPOSAL)."
   (B) THE LANGUAGE REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE WRITTEN BY  THE
 SECRETARY  OF  STATE AND APPROVED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. SUCH LANGUAGE
 SHALL BE POSTED ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S WEBSITE AFTER BEING APPROVED
 BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND  BEFORE  THE  DATE  ON  WHICH  THE  OFFICIAL
 BALLOTS ARE SENT TO BE PRINTED.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08776-01-5

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