Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 14, 2020 |
held for consideration in election law |
Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to election law |
Feb 06, 2019 |
referred to election law |
Assembly Bill A4985
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BARCLAY
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
co-Sponsors
Kenneth Blankenbush
David DiPietro
Gary Finch
Christopher Friend
multi-Sponsors
Joe DeStefano
Joseph Giglio
2019-A4985 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A4985 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4985 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 6, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BARCLAY, BLANKENBUSH, DiPIETRO, FINCH, FRIEND, GOODELL, HAWLEY, KOLB, PALMESANO, NORRIS, MANKTELOW, MORINELLO, STEC, BYRNES -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DeSTEFANO, GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the registration and enrollment of voters THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 5-217 to read as follows: § 5-217. ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION. 1. IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER METHOD OF VOTER REGISTRATION PROVIDED FOR IN THIS ARTICLE, ANY QUALIFIED PERSON MAY APPLY FOR REGISTRATION AND ENROLLMENT BY APPLICATION MADE SIMULTANE- OUSLY AND INTEGRATED WITH AN APPLICATION FOR ANY TYPE OF HUNTING LICENSE, A FISHING LICENSE, AND ANY COMBINATION OF BOTH. 2. THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, SHALL DESIGN A FORM OR FORMS WHICH SHALL, IN ADDITION TO ELICITING SUCH INFORMATION AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FOR A HUNTING LICENSE AND/OR FISHING LICENSE, SERVE AS AN APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION AND ENROLL- MENT, OR A REGISTRATION NECESSITATED BY A CHANGE OF RESIDENCE. THE COST OF SUCH FORMS SHALL BE BORNE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSER- VATION. 3. THE VOTER REGISTRATION PORTION OF SUCH FORMS SHALL: (A) NOT REQUIRE ANY INFORMATION THAT DUPLICATES THE INFORMATION REQUIRED ON THE APPLICATION FOR THE LICENSE PORTION AND SHALL REQUIRE ONLY SUCH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE APPLICANT'S SIGNATURE, AS WILL ENABLE ELECTION OFFICIALS TO ASSESS THE APPLICANT'S ELIGIBILITY TO REGISTER TO VOTE, PREVENT DUPLICATE REGISTRATION AND TO ADMINISTER VOTER REGISTRATION AND OTHER PARTS OF THE ELECTION PROCESS; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02432-01-9
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