| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Feb 03, 2025 |
referred to elections |
Senate Bill S4136
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 12th Senate District
(D) 26th Senate District
(D) 16th Senate District
(D, WF) 48th Senate District
2025-S4136 (ACTIVE) - Details
2025-S4136 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4136
SPONSOR: PARKER
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the election law, in relation to the boundaries of
election districts and the designation of polling places
PURPOSE:
This bill would provide that election districts shall not be drawn in
such a way that they are partly on and partly off a college or universi-
ty campus or other contiguous college or university property with 300 or
more registered voters, excluding inactive voters. It would also require
that the poll sites for election districts serving such concentrations
of college or university voters shall be on the campus or college or
university property, or, at a site approved by the college or universi-
ty.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Subdivision 2 of section 8-600 of the election law is amended
2025-S4136 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4136
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 3, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sens. PARKER, GIANARIS, GOUNARDES, LIU, MAY, MYRIE,
PERSAUD, STAVISKY -- 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 the boundaries of
election districts and the designation of polling places
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 8-600 of the election law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows:
(I) WHENEVER A CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY OF A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY CONTAINS
THREE HUNDRED OR MORE REGISTRANTS (EXCLUDING REGISTRANTS IN INACTIVE
STATUS) WHO ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE AT AN ADDRESS ON SUCH CONTIGUOUS
PROPERTY, SUCH CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY OR A LOCATION APPROVED BY THE COLLEGE
OR UNIVERSITY SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS AN EARLY VOTING POLLING PLACE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2028.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07701-01-5
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