Assembly Actions -
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Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to election law |
Jan 07, 2009 |
referred to election law |
Assembly Bill A617
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
JEFFRIES
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-A617 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A617 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to voter registration of ex-felons; provides that upon the discharge from a correctional facility of any United States citizen who has fully completed a sentence of imprisonment for the conviction of a felony, the department of corrections shall provide such person with a voter registration application.
2009-A617 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 617 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 7, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JEFFRIES -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the correction law, the executive law and the election law, in relation to voter registration applications provided to ex-felons THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 75 to read as follows: S 75. DISCHARGE; PROVISION OF VOTER REGISTRATION FORM. 1. UPON THE DISCHARGE FROM A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OF ANY UNITED STATES CITIZEN WHO HAS FULLY COMPLETED A SENTENCE OF IMPRISONMENT FOR THE CONVICTION OF A FELONY, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE SUCH CITIZEN WITH A FORM OF APPLI- CATION FOR VOTER REGISTRATION BY MAIL TOGETHER WITH WRITTEN INFORMATION DISTRIBUTED BY A BOARD OF ELECTION ON THE IMPORTANCE AND THE MECHANICS OF VOTING. 2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, ON OR BEFORE THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF EACH MONTH, TRANSMIT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE A LIST OF ALL PERSONS WHO, DURING THE PRECEDING CALENDAR MONTH, HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM CONFINEMENT IN A CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION OR FACILITY OR A COMMUNITY RESIDENCE AND, IF APPLICABLE, DISCHARGED FROM PAROLE. SUCH LISTS SHALL INCLUDE THE NAMES, BIRTH DATES AND ADDRESSES OF SUCH PERSONS, WITH THE DATES OF THEIR CONVICTIONS. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL TRANSMIT SUCH LISTS TO THE REGISTRARS OF THE MUNICIPALITIES IN WHICH SUCH CONVICTED PERSONS RESIDED AT THE TIME OF THEIR CONVICTIONS AND TO THE REGISTRARS OF ANY MUNICIPALITIES WHERE THE SECRETARY BELIEVES SUCH PERSONS MAY BE ELEC- TORS. S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 259-j of the executive law, as separate- ly amended by section 10 of part F and section 1 of part N of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows: 2. A merit termination granted by the division of parole under this section shall constitute a termination of the sentence with respect to which it was granted. No such merit termination shall be granted unless
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