Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|
---|---|
May 13, 2022 |
referred to election law |
Assembly Bill A10294
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BROWN K
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
Actions
co-Sponsors
Joe DeStefano
David McDonough
2021-A10294 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Election Law
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §7-104, El L
- Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
-
A7950
2021-A10294 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10294 I N A S S E M B L Y May 13, 2022 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. K. Brown) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring that choices of a question or proposal printed on a ballot include a brief phrase stating the effect of such choice should such choice win such question or proposal THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 7-104 of the election law is amended by adding a new subdivision 15-a to read as follows: 15-A. (A) WHEN A QUESTION OR PROPOSAL IS INCLUDED ON THE BALLOT, THERE SHALL BE THE FOLLOWING WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF THE QUESTION OR PROPOSAL FOR EACH TYPE OF VOTE WHICH CAN BE CHOSEN: "A (TYPE OF VOTE) VOTE SHALL HAVE THE EFFECT OF (THE POSITIVE OR NEGA- TIVE EFFECTS OF THE TYPE OF VOTE WINNING SUCH QUESTION OR PROPOSAL)." (B) THE LANGUAGE REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE WRITTEN BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND APPROVED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. SUCH LANGUAGE SHALL BE POSTED ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S WEBSITE AFTER BEING APPROVED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND BEFORE THE DATE ON WHICH THE OFFICIAL BALLOTS ARE SENT TO BE PRINTED. § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13944-01-1
Comments
Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.
Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.
Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.