Assembly Bill A8919

                             
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                                   8919
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 16, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enrollment eligibility
   for  members  of  the state legislature in the address confidentiality
   program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The opening paragraph of section 108 of the executive law,
 as separately amended by chapters 222 and 521 of the laws  of  2022,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   There  is created in the office of the secretary of state a program to
 be known as the "address confidentiality program" to protect victims  of
 domestic  violence, victims of human trafficking, victims of kidnapping,
 victims of a sexual offense, victims  of  stalking,  [and]  reproductive
 health  care  services  providers,  employees,  volunteers, patients, or
 immediate family members of reproductive health care services providers,
 AND MEMBERS OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE by authorizing the  use  of  desig-
 nated addresses for such [victims] INDIVIDUALS and their minor children.
 The program shall be administered by the secretary of state.
   §  2. Clause (A) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2
 of section 108 of the executive law, as separately amended  by  chapters
 222 and 521 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (A)  the  applicant,  or  the  minor  or incapacitated person on whose
 behalf the application is made, is a victim of domestic violence, victim
 of human trafficking, victim of kidnapping, victim of a sexual  offense,
 victim  of  stalking, [or] a reproductive health care services provider,
 employee, volunteer, patient, [or  an]  immediate  family  member  of  a
 reproductive  health  care  services  provider, OR A MEMBER OF THE STATE
 LEGISLATURE;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   § 3. Clause (B) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision  2
 of  section  108  of the executive law, as amended by chapter 222 of the
 laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (B)  the  applicant,  or  the  minor  or incapacitated person on whose
 behalf the application is made, has left [his or  her]  THEIR  residence
 because  of  such violence or acts, provided, however, this clause shall
 not apply if the  applicant  is  a  reproductive  health  care  services
 provider,  employee, volunteer, patient, [or an] immediate family member
 of a reproductive health care services provider,  OR  A  MEMBER  OF  THE
 STATE LEGISLATURE;
   §  4.  Subparagraph  (iv) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section
 108 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 222 of the laws of 2022,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (iv) the actual address or addresses that the applicant  requests  not
 be disclosed because of the increased risk of domestic violence, a sexu-
 al  offense,  stalking,  physical  injury or in the case of reproductive
 health care services provider, employee,  volunteer,  patient,  [or  an]
 immediate family member of a reproductive health care services provider,
 OR A MEMBER OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE, other threats of violence; and
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.