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Senate Bill S1775

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Removes certain provisions relating to preclearance by the civil rights bureau of certain policies relating to voting; repealer

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2025-S1775 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §17-210, §17-214 sub 3, §17-204 sub 9, amd §17-206, El L

2025-S1775 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes certain provisions relating to preclearance by the civil rights bureau of certain qualifications, prerequisites to voting, laws, ordinances, standards, practices, procedures, regulations, or policies relating to voting.

2025-S1775 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1775 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1775
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. WALCZYK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
 
 AN ACT to amend the  election  law,  in  relation  to  removing  certain
   provisions  relating  to  preclearance  by  the civil rights bureau of
   certain policies relating to voting; and to repeal certain  provisions
   of the election law relating thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 17-210 of the election law is REPEALED.
   § 2. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 7 of section 17-206 of the  election
 law, as added by chapter 226 of the laws of 2022, and subparagraphs (i),
 (iii) and (iv) as amended by chapter 216 of the laws of 2024, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (c) If the governing body of a political subdivision lacks the author-
 ity  under  this title or applicable state law or local laws to enact or
 implement a remedy identified in a NYVRA resolution, or fails  to  enact
 or  implement  a  remedy identified in a NYVRA resolution, within ninety
 days after the passage of the NYVRA resolution,  [or  if  the  political
 subdivision  is a covered entity as defined under section 17-210 of this
 title,] the governing body of the political subdivision shall  undertake
 the steps enumerated in the following provisions:
   (i)  The  governing  body  of  the political subdivision may approve a
 proposed remedy that complies with this title and submit such a proposed
 remedy to the civil rights bureau no later than one hundred twenty  days
 after  the  passage  of the NYVRA resolution. Such a submission shall be
 referred to as a "NYVRA proposal" in this title.
   (ii) Prior to passing a  NYVRA  proposal,  the  political  subdivision
 shall  hold  at  least  one public hearing, at which the public shall be
 invited to provide input regarding the NYVRA proposal. Before this hear-
 ing, the political subdivision  may  conduct  outreach  to  the  public,

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05178-01-5
 S. 1775                             2

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