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                                   3095
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, the election law and the  education  law,
   in relation to voting by level two or level three sex offenders
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding two new sections  145.75
 and 145.80 to read as follows:
 § 145.75 UNLAWFULLY  ENTERING  OR  REMAINING IN A SCHOOL OR FACILITY FOR
            CHILDREN FOR THE PURPOSES OF VOTING IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
   1. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF UNLAWFULLY ENTERING OR REMAINING IN A  SCHOOL
 OR  FACILITY  FOR  CHILDREN  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF VOTING IN THE SECOND
 DEGREE, WHEN BEING A LEVEL TWO OR LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDER, SUCH  PERSON
 ENTERS  OR REMAINS IN A SCHOOL OR FACILITY FOR CHILDREN FOR THE PURPOSES
 OF CASTING A BALLOT OR OTHERWISE VOTING  DURING  ANY  PRIMARY,  GENERAL,
 SPECIAL,  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OR OTHER ELECTION IN WHICH RESIDENTS, REGIS-
 TERED OR QUALIFIED VOTERS ARE ENTITLED TO CAST BALLOTS.
   2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION: (A) "LEVEL TWO OR LEVEL THREE SEX
 OFFENDER" SHALL MEAN A PERSON REGISTERED OR REQUIRED TO  REGISTER  UNDER
 SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT-F OF THE CORRECTION LAW WHO HAS RECEIVED
 A  LEVEL  TWO OR LEVEL THREE DESIGNATION PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED
 SIXTY-EIGHT-L OF THE CORRECTION LAW; AND (B)  "SCHOOL  OR  FACILITY  FOR
 CHILDREN"  SHALL  MEAN  A  BUILDING,  STRUCTURE, ATHLETIC PLAYING FIELD,
 PLAYGROUND OR LAND CONTAINED WITHIN THE REAL PROPERTY BOUNDARY LINE OF A
 PUBLIC OR PRIVATE  ELEMENTARY,  PAROCHIAL,  INTERMEDIATE,  JUNIOR  HIGH,
 VOCATIONAL,  OR HIGH SCHOOL, OR ANY OTHER FACILITY OR INSTITUTION PRIMA-
 RILY USED FOR THE CARE OR TREATMENT OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN
 WHILE ONE OR MORE OF SUCH PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN ARE PRESENT.
   UNLAWFULLY ENTERING OR REMAINING IN A SCHOOL OR FACILITY FOR  CHILDREN
 FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF VOTING IN THE SECOND DEGREE IS A CLASS A MISDEMEA-
 NOR.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 § 145.80 UNLAWFULLY ENTERING OR REMAINING IN A SCHOOL  OR  FACILITY  FOR
            CHILDREN FOR THE PURPOSES OF VOTING IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
   A  PERSON IS GUILTY OF UNLAWFULLY ENTERING OR REMAINING IN A SCHOOL OR
 FACILITY FOR CHILDREN FOR THE PURPOSES OF VOTING  IN  THE  FIRST  DEGREE
 WHEN  SUCH  PERSON COMMITS THE CRIME OF UNLAWFULLY ENTERING OR REMAINING
 IN A SCHOOL OR FACILITY FOR CHILDREN FOR THE PURPOSES OF VOTING  IN  THE
 SECOND DEGREE, HAVING PREVIOUSLY BEEN CONVICTED OF SUCH CRIME WITHIN THE
 PRECEDING TEN YEARS.
   UNLAWFULLY  ENTERING OR REMAINING IN A SCHOOL OR FACILITY FOR CHILDREN
 FOR THE PURPOSES OF VOTING IN THE FIRST DEGREE IS A CLASS E FELONY.
   § 2.  Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 8-400 of the  election
 law,  as amended by chapter 63 of the laws of 2010, is amended and a new
 paragraph (e) is added to read as follows:
   (d) absent from [his or her] THEIR voting residence because [he or she
 is] THEY ARE detained in jail awaiting action by a grand jury or  await-
 ing  trial,  or  confined  in  jail  or prison after a conviction for an
 offense other than a felony, provided that [he or  she]  SUCH  VOTER  is
 qualified  to  vote in the election district of [his or her] THEIR resi-
 dence[.]; OR
   (E) PROHIBITED FROM APPEARING PERSONALLY AT THE POLLING PLACE  OF  THE
 ELECTION DISTRICT IN WHICH THEY ARE A QUALIFIED VOTER BECAUSE THEY ARE A
 LEVEL  TWO OR LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDER AND SUCH POLLING PLACE IS LOCATED
 ON OR WITHIN A SCHOOL OR FACILITY FOR CHILDREN AS  THE TERMS "LEVEL  TWO
 AND  LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDER" AND "SCHOOL OR FACILITY FOR CHILDREN" ARE
 DEFINED IN SECTION 145.75 OF THE PENAL LAW.
   § 3. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (c) of subdivision  3  of  section
 8-400 of the election law, as amended by chapter 63 of the laws of 2010,
 is amended and a new subparagraph (v) is added to read as follows:
   (iv)  detained  in  jail  awaiting  action by a grand jury or awaiting
 trial or confined in jail or prison after a conviction  for  an  offense
 other  than a felony and stating the place where [he or she is] THEY ARE
 so detained or confined[.]; OR
   (V) PROHIBITED FROM APPEARING PERSONALLY AT THE POLLING PLACE  OF  THE
 ELECTION DISTRICT IN WHICH THEY ARE A QUALIFIED VOTER BECAUSE THEY ARE A
 LEVEL  TWO OR LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDER AND SUCH POLLING PLACE IS LOCATED
 ON OR WITHIN A SCHOOL OR FACILITY FOR CHILDREN AS THE TERMS  "LEVEL  TWO
 AND  LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDER" AND "SCHOOL OR FACILITY FOR CHILDREN" ARE
 DEFINED IN SECTION 145.75 OF THE PENAL LAW.
   § 4. Section 8-400 of the election law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 11 to read as follows:
   11.  SIXTY  DAYS  BEFORE  EACH  ELECTION  THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL
 COMPILE A LIST OF ALL LEVEL TWO AND LEVEL THREE REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS
 ENTITLED TO RECEIVE ABSENTEE BALLOTS PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS
 SECTION.  THE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS SHALL, BY MAIL ADDRESSED TO SUCH SEX
 OFFENDER AT THEIR REGISTERED ADDRESS, SEND AN ABSENTEE  BALLOT  FOR  THE
 ENSUING  ELECTION  TO SUCH PERSON IN THE SAME MANNER AS PROVIDED IN THIS
 SECTION FOR A QUALIFIED VOTER ENTITLED TO AN ABSENTEE BALLOT BECAUSE  OF
 ILLNESS OR DISABILITY.
   §  5. Subdivision 2 of section 2018-a of the education law, as amended
 by chapter 616 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   2. a. A qualified voter may vote  as  an  absentee  voter  under  this
 section  if during all the hours of voting on the day of an election [he
 or she] THEY will be:
   (1) absent from the county of [his or her] THEIR residence; or
   (2) unable to appear at the polling place because of illness or  phys-
 ical  disability,  or  duties related to the primary care of one or more
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 individuals who are ill or physically disabled, or because [he  or  she]
 SUCH QUALIFIED VOTER will be or is a patient in a hospital; or
   (3)  an  [inmate]  INCARCERATED  INDIVIDUAL  or patient of a veteran's
 administration hospital; or
   (4) absent from [his or her] THEIR voting residence because [he or she
 is] THEY ARE detained in jail awaiting action by a grand jury or  await-
 ing  trial,  or  confined  in  jail  or prison after a conviction for an
 offense other than a felony, provided that [he or she is] THEY ARE qual-
 ified to vote in the election district  of  [his  or  her]  THEIR  resi-
 dence[.]; OR
   (5)  PROHIBITED  FROM APPEARING PERSONALLY AT THE POLLING PLACE OF THE
 ELECTION DISTRICT IN WHICH THEY ARE A QUALIFIED VOTER BECAUSE THEY ARE A
 LEVEL TWO OR LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDER AND SUCH POLLING PLACE IS  LOCATED
 ON  OR  WITHIN A SCHOOL OR FACILITY FOR CHILDREN AS THE TERMS "LEVEL TWO
 AND LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDER" AND "SCHOOL OR FACILITY FOR CHILDREN"  ARE
 DEFINED IN SECTION 145.75 OF THE PENAL LAW.
   b.  Each person entitled to vote as an absentee voter pursuant to this
 section and desirous of obtaining an absentee ballot shall make  written
 application  therefor  to  the district clerk. Application forms for use
 pursuant to this section shall be in a  form  prescribed  by  the  state
 board  of  elections.  The  use  of  any  application which is on a form
 prescribed by the state board of elections shall be acceptable.
   c. The application for an absentee ballot when filed must  contain  in
 each instance the following information:
   (1)  Applicant's  full  name,  date  of  birth, and residence address,
 including the street and number, if any, rural delivery route,  if  any,
 mailing  address  if different from the residence address and an address
 to which the ballot shall be mailed.
   (2) A statement that the  applicant  is  a  qualified  and  registered
 voter.
   (3)  A statement, as appropriate, that on the day of such election the
 applicant expects in good faith to be in one of  the  following  catego-
 ries:
   (a)  absent from the county of [his or her] THEIR residence; provided,
 however, if the applicant expects to be absent from such  county  for  a
 duration  covering  more  than one election and seeks an absentee ballot
 for each election, [he or she] SUCH APPLICANT shall state the dates when
 [he or she expects] THEY EXPECT to begin and end such absence; or
   (b) unable to appear at a polling place because of illness or physical
 disability or duties related to the primary care of one or more individ-
 uals who are ill or physically disabled; or
   (c) an [inmate] INCARCERATED INDIVIDUAL  or  patient  of  a  veteran's
 administration hospital; or
   (d) detained in jail awaiting action by a grand jury or awaiting trial
 or  confined  in  jail or prison after a conviction for an offense other
 than a felony and stating the place where [he or she  is]  THEY  ARE  so
 detained or confined[.]; OR
   (E)  PROHIBITED  FROM APPEARING PERSONALLY AT THE POLLING PLACE OF THE
 ELECTION DISTRICT IN WHICH THEY ARE A QUALIFIED VOTER BECAUSE THEY ARE A
 LEVEL TWO OR LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDER AND SUCH POLLING PLACE IS  LOCATED
 ON  OR  WITHIN A SCHOOL OR FACILITY FOR CHILDREN AS THE TERMS "LEVEL TWO
 AND LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDER" AND "SCHOOL OR FACILITY FOR CHILDREN"  ARE
 DEFINED IN SECTION 145.75 OF THE PENAL LAW.
   d.  WHERE  THE  APPLICANT INDICATES THEY ARE PROHIBITED FROM APPEARING
 PERSONALLY AT THE POLLING PLACE OF THE ELECTION DISTRICT IN  WHICH  THEY
 ARE  A  QUALIFIED  VOTER BECAUSE THEY ARE A LEVEL TWO OR LEVEL THREE SEX
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 OFFENDER AND SUCH POLLING PLACE IS LOCATED ON  OR  WITHIN  A  SCHOOL  OR
 FACILITY FOR CHILDREN AS THE TERMS "LEVEL TWO AND LEVEL THREE SEX OFFEN-
 DER" AND "SCHOOL OR FACILITY FOR CHILDREN" ARE DEFINED IN SECTION 145.75
 OF  THE  PENAL LAW SUCH APPLICATION SHALL STATE WHETHER OR NOT THE VOTER
 IS CURRENTLY UNDER A SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT FOR A FELONY OR ON PAROLE.
   E. Such application shall include the following statement to be signed
 by the voter.
   I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of
 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I  make  any  material
 false  statement  in the foregoing statement of application for absentee
 ballots, I shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
 
  Date.....................Signature of Voter ...........................
 
   [e.] F. An applicant whose ability to appear personally at the polling
 place of the school district of which [he or she is] THEY ARE  a  quali-
 fied  voter  is substantially impaired by reason of permanent illness or
 physical disability  and  whose  registration  record  has  been  marked
 "permanently  disabled"  by  the  board  of  elections  pursuant  to the
 provisions of the election law shall be entitled to receive an  absentee
 ballot  pursuant  to the provisions of this section without making sepa-
 rate application for such absentee ballot, and the board of registration
 upon being advised by the board of elections on  or  with  the  list  of
 registered  voters  that  the  registration  record of a voter is marked
 "permanently disabled" shall send an absentee ballot to  such  voter  at
 [his  or  her]  THEIR  last  known  address with a request to the postal
 authorities not to forward same but to return same in five days  in  the
 event  that it cannot be delivered to the addressee. The board of educa-
 tion shall determine whether such ballot shall be sent by first class or
 by certified mail. All such ballots shall be mailed in the  same  manner
 as determined by the board of education. The board of registration shall
 make  an  appropriate entry on the registration indicating the fact that
 an absentee ballot has been sent and the date of mailing.
   [f.] G. An application must be  received  by  the  district  clerk  no
 earlier than the thirtieth day before the election for which an absentee
 ballot  is  sought. If the application requests that the absentee ballot
 be mailed, such application must be received not later than  seven  days
 before  the  election. If the applicant or [his or her] SUCH APPLICANT'S
 agent delivers the application to the district  clerk  in  person,  such
 application must be received not later than the day before the election.
 The  district  clerk  shall examine each application and shall determine
 from the information contained therein whether the applicant  is  quali-
 fied under this section to receive an absentee ballot.
   [g.] H. No later than six days before the election for which an appli-
 cation has been received and for which the district clerk has determined
 the  applicant  to  be qualified to vote by absentee ballot the district
 clerk shall mail, by regular mail, an absentee ballot to each  qualified
 applicant  who  has  applied  before such day and who has requested that
 such absentee ballot be mailed to [him or her] THEM at the  address  set
 forth  in  [his  or  her] THEIR application. If the applicant or [his or
 her] SUCH APPLICANT'S agent delivers the  application  to  the  district
 clerk  in person after the seventh day before the election and not later
 than the day before the election, the  district  clerk  shall  forthwith
 deliver  such  absentee  ballots  for  those  applicants whom [he or she
 determines] THEY DETERMINE are qualified to make such  applications  and
 to  receive  such  ballots to such applicants or the agents named in the
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 applications when such applicants  or  agents  appear  in  the  district
 clerk's office.
   §  6. Subdivision 2 of section 2018-b of the education law, as amended
 by chapter 46 of the laws of 1992 and paragraph c as amended by  chapter
 26 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  a. An applicant for such an absentee ballot shall submit an appli-
 cation setting forth (1) [his] THEIR name and residence address, includ-
 ing the street and number, if any, or town and rural delivery route,  if
 any;  (2)  that  [he  is]  THEY ARE or will be, on the day of the school
 district election, a qualified voter of the school district in which [he
 resides] THEY RESIDE in that [he is] THEY ARE or will be, on such  date,
 over  eighteen  years  of age, a citizen of the United States and has or
 will have resided in the district for thirty days  next  preceding  such
 date;  AND (3) that [he] THEY will be unable to appear to vote in person
 on the day of the school district election for which the absentee ballot
 is requested because [he is] THEY ARE, or will be  on  such  day  (a)  a
 patient  in  a  hospital,  or unable to appear personally at the polling
 place on such day because of illness or physical  disability  [or];  (b)
 because  [his]  THEIR  duties,  occupation,  business,  or  studies will
 require [him] THEM to be outside of the county or city  of  [his]  THEIR
 residence  on  such  day[,];  (c)  because [he] THEY will be on vacation
 outside the county or city of [his] THEIR residence on such  day;  [or,]
 (d)  absent  from  [his] THEIR voting residence because [he is] THEY ARE
 detained in jail awaiting action by a grand jury or  awaiting  trial  or
 [is] ARE confined in prison after conviction for an offense other than a
 felony; OR (E) PROHIBITED FROM APPEARING PERSONALLY AT THE POLLING PLACE
 OF  THE  ELECTION  DISTRICT  IN WHICH THEY ARE A QUALIFIED VOTER BECAUSE
 THEY ARE A LEVEL TWO OR LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDER AND SUCH POLLING  PLACE
 IS  LOCATED  ON OR WITHIN A SCHOOL OR FACILITY FOR CHILDREN AS THE TERMS
 "LEVEL TWO AND LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDER" AND  "SCHOOL  OR  FACILITY  FOR
 CHILDREN" ARE DEFINED IN SECTION 145.75 OF THE PENAL LAW.
   Such application must be received by the district clerk or designee of
 the  trustees or school board at least seven days before the election if
 the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election,
 if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter.
   b. (1) Where such duties, occupation, business, or studies are of such
 a nature as ordinarily to require such absence, a brief  description  of
 such duties, occupation, business, or studies shall be set forth in such
 application.
   (2)  Where  such  duties,  occupation, business, or studies are not of
 such a nature as ordinarily to require such  absence,  such  application
 shall  contain  a  statement  of the special circumstances on account of
 which such absence is required.
   c. Where the applicant expects in good faith to be absent on  the  day
 of  the election because [he] THEY will be on vacation elsewhere on such
 day, such application shall  also  contain  the  dates  upon  which  [he
 expects] THEY EXPECT to begin and end such vacation, the place or places
 where  [he  expects]  THEY  EXPECT  to be on such vacation, the name and
 address of [his]  THEIR  employer,  if  any,  and  if  self-employed  or
 retired, a statement to that effect.
   d.  Where  the absence is because of detention or confinement to jail,
 such application shall state whether  the  voter  is  detained  awaiting
 action  of the grand jury or is confined after conviction for an offense
 other than a felony.
   e.   WHERE THE APPLICANT  INDICATES  THAT  THEY  ARE  PROHIBITED  FROM
 APPEARING  PERSONALLY  AT  THE POLLING PLACE OF THE ELECTION DISTRICT IN
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 WHICH THEY ARE A QUALIFIED VOTER BECAUSE THEY ARE A LEVEL TWO  OR  LEVEL
 THREE  SEX  OFFENDER  AND  SUCH  POLLING PLACE IS LOCATED ON OR WITHIN A
 SCHOOL OR FACILITY FOR CHILDREN AS THE TERMS "LEVEL TWO AND LEVEL  THREE
 SEX  OFFENDER"  AND  "SCHOOL  OR  FACILITY  FOR CHILDREN" ARE DEFINED IN
 SECTION 145.75 OF THE PENAL LAW SUCH APPLICATION SHALL STATE WHETHER  OR
 NOT THE VOTER IS CURRENTLY UNDER A SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT FOR A FELONY
 OR ON PAROLE.
   F. Where a person is or would be, if [he] SUCH PERSON were a qualified
 voter,  entitled to apply for the right to vote by absentee ballot under
 the provisions of this section, [his] THEIR spouse, parent or child,  if
 a  qualified  voter and a resident of the same school district, shall be
 entitled to vote as an absentee voter upon personally making and signing
 an application in accordance  with  the  preceding  provisions  of  this
 subdivision  and showing that [he expects] THEY EXPECT to be absent from
 the school district on the day of the school district election by reason
 of accompanying or being with the spouse, child  or  parent  who  is  or
 would  be, if [he] THEY were a qualified voter, so entitled to apply for
 the right to vote by absentee ballot, and, in the event  no  application
 is made by such spouse, child or parent, such further information as the
 clerk of the school district or designee of the trustees or school board
 shall require.
   [f.]  G.  Such application shall include the following statement to be
 signed by the voter.
 
   I hereby declare that the foregoing is a true statement to the best of
 my knowledge and belief, and I understand that if I  make  any  material
 false  statement  in the foregoing statement of application for absentee
 ballots, I shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
 
 Date......................Signature of Voter ...........................
 
   [g.] H. The clerk of the school district or a designee of the trustees
 or school board shall request  registration  lists  from  the  board  of
 elections pursuant to subdivision three of section 5-612 of the election
 law  for  those voters whose registration record has been marked "perma-
 nently disabled". An applicant whose ability to appear personally at the
 polling place of the school district of which [he is] THEY ARE a  quali-
 fied  voter  is substantially impaired by reason of permanent illness or
 physical disability  and  whose  registration  record  has  been  marked
 "permanently  disabled" as determined by the board of elections pursuant
 to the provisions of this chapter and who has previously applied for  an
 absentee ballot shall be entitled to receive subsequent absentee ballots
 pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this  section without making separate
 application for such absentee  ballot,  and  the  clerk  of  the  school
 district  or  a  designee  of the trustees or school board shall send an
 absentee ballot to such voter at [his] THEIR last known address  with  a
 request to the postal authorities not to forward same but to return same
 in  five days in the event that it cannot be delivered to the addressee.
 The clerk of the school district or a designee of the trustees or school
 board shall determine whether such ballot shall be sent by  first  class
 or  by  certified  mail.  All  such  ballots shall be mailed in the same
 manner as determined by the trustees or the board of education.
   § 7. The election law is amended by adding a  new  section  17-172  TO
 READ AS FOLLOWS:
   §  17-172. IMMUNITY AND DEFENSE FOR POLL WORKERS AND OTHERS RELATED TO
 ADMITTANCE OF SEX OFFENDERS TO POLLING PLACES. 1.  NO  PERSON  SHALL  BE
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 CIVILLY LIABLE FOR REFUSING ADMITTANCE OF A LEVEL TWO OR LEVEL THREE SEX
 OFFENDER  TO  A POLLING PLACE WHICH IS OR IS WITHIN A SCHOOL OR FACILITY
 FOR CHILDREN AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SECTION 145.75 OF  THE  PENAL
 LAW,  WHEN SUCH PERSON IS ACTING IN GOOD FAITH AND IN THE PERFORMANCE OF
 THEIR DUTIES. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A PERSON SHALL BE DEEMED
 TO BE ACTING IN GOOD FAITH IF THE NAME AND ADDRESS OR NAME AND  APPROXI-
 MATE ADDRESS BASED ON ZIP CODE OF THE VOTER REFUSED ADMISSION APPEARS ON
 A  LIST OF LEVEL TWO OR LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDERS PROVIDED BY A BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS OR THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES.
   2. IT SHALL BE AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE TO ANY CHARGE OF  VIOLATING  THE
 ELECTIVE FRANCHISE OF A VOTER BASED UPON THE REFUSING OF ADMITTANCE OF A
 LEVEL  TWO OR LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDER TO A POLLING PLACE WHICH IS OR IS
 WITHIN A SCHOOL OR FACILITY FOR CHILDREN AS THOSE TERMS ARE  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION  145.75  OF THE PENAL LAW, THAT THE NAME AND ADDRESS OR NAME AND
 APPROXIMATE ADDRESS BASED ON ZIP CODE OF  THE  VOTER  REFUSED  ADMISSION
 APPEARS  ON A LIST OF LEVEL TWO OR LEVEL THREE SEX OFFENDERS PROVIDED BY
 A BOARD OF ELECTIONS OR THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES.
   § 8. This act  shall  take  effect  immediately  and  shall  apply  to
 elections  held on and after January 1, 2026. Effective immediately, the
 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
 for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.