Senate Bill S1837

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Prohibits sex offenders who are on parole and in civil confinement from voting in certain elections

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S1837 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §18-a, Exec L; amd §5-106, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S9142
2021-2022: S1540
2023-2024: S1390

2019-S1837 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits sex offenders who are on parole and in civil confinement from voting in certain elections.

2019-S1837 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1837 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1837
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  TEDISCO,  AMEDORE,  FUNKE, HELMING, ORTT, SEWARD,
   YOUNG -- read twice and  ordered  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
   committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the executive law and the election law, in relation to
   prohibiting sex offenders who are on parole and in  civil  confinement
   from voting in certain elections
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new  section  18-a
 to read as follows:
   §  18-A. RESTRICTION ON VOTING RIGHTS. A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED
 OF AN OFFENSE DESCRIBED IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY OF THE  PENAL  LAW
 WHO HAS BEEN: (I) DISCHARGED FROM IMPRISONMENT, BY VIRTUE OF ANY PAROLE,
 CONDITIONAL  PARDON  OR  CONDITIONAL COMMUTATION OF HIS OR HER SENTENCE;
 AND (II) IS COMMITTED TO CIVIL IMPRISONMENT IN A HOSPITAL OR INSTITUTION
 SHALL BE PROHIBITED FROM VOTING IN ANY ELECTION HELD DURING THE TIME  OF
 HIS OR HER CONFINEMENT TO SUCH HOSPITAL OR INSTITUTION.
   §  2.  Section  5-106  of  the election law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
   4-A. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF  SUBDIVISIONS  TWO,  THREE  AND
 FOUR  OF  THIS  SECTION,  A  PERSON WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF AN OFFENSE
 DESCRIBED IN ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY OF THE PENAL LAW WHO  HAS  BEEN:
 (I)  DISCHARGED  FROM IMPRISONMENT, BY VIRTUE OF ANY PAROLE, CONDITIONAL
 PARDON OR CONDITIONAL COMMUTATION OF HIS OR HER SENTENCE;  AND  (II)  IS
 COMMITTED  TO  CIVIL  IMPRISONMENT IN A HOSPITAL OR INSTITUTION SHALL BE
 PROHIBITED FROM VOTING IN ANY ELECTION HELD DURING THE TIME  OF  HIS  OR
 HER CONFINEMENT TO SUCH HOSPITAL OR INSTITUTION.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law. 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 date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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