Senate Bill S739

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes persons 16 years of age or older to register to vote

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee

  • 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-S739 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5-210, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S1569
2017-2018: S4440

2019-S739 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes persons 16 years of age or older to register to vote.

2019-S739 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S739 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    739
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. MONTGOMERY, COMRIE -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in  relation  to  authorizing  persons
   sixteen years of age or older to register to vote

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Paragraph (g) of subdivision 5 of  section  5-210  of  the
 election  law, as amended by chapter 179 of the laws of 2005, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (g) Notice that the applicant must be a citizen of the United  States,
 is [or will be at least eighteen years old not later than December thir-
 ty-first  of  the  calendar  year in which he or she registers] AT LEAST
 SIXTEEN YEARS OLD WHEN HE OR SHE SUBMITS AN APPLICATION TO  REGISTER  TO
 VOTE and a resident of the county or city to which application is made.
   § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03061-01-9

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