Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 12, 2022 |
print number 5829a |
Jan 12, 2022 |
amend and recommit to education |
Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to education |
Feb 26, 2021 |
referred to education |
Assembly Bill A5829A
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WALLACE
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
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
John T. McDonald III
William Conrad
Karen McMahon
William Colton
2021-A5829 - Details
2021-A5829 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5829 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 26, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WALLACE -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a school voter registration access program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new article 25 to read as follows: ARTICLE 25 SCHOOL VOTER REGISTRATION ACCESS SECTION 1301. SCHOOL VOTER REGISTRATION ACCESS. § 1301. SCHOOL VOTER REGISTRATION ACCESS. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, CHARTER SCHOOL, AND NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL SHALL ADOPT A POLICY TO PROMOTE STUDENT VOTER REGISTRATION AND PRE-REGISTRATION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER TWO OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN. SUCH POLICY SHALL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, REQUIRE ALL SCHOOLS OPERATED BY SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS SERVING ANY OR ALL OF GRADES TEN, ELEVEN, AND TWELVE TO MAKE AVAILABLE ACCESS TO VOTER REGISTRATION AND PRE-REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE PURPOSES OF EDUCATING STUDENTS ABOUT THE VOTING ENROLLMENT PROCESS AND PROVIDING ELIGIBLE STUDENTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO REGISTER OR PRE-REGISTER TO VOTE AS APPLICABLE. SUCH POLICY SHALL INCLUDE PROCEDURES FOR ACQUIRING AND TRANSMITTING VOTER REGISTRATION AND PRE-REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS TO AND FROM THE LOCAL BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND DISSEMINATION AMONG THEIR APPROPRIATE SCHOOLS, METHODS OF REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH ELIGIBLE STUDENTS ON THE AVAIL- ABILITY OF SUCH APPLICATIONS AND THEIR RIGHT TO REGISTER OR PRE-REGISTER TO VOTE AND MAY INCLUDE COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL BOARDS OF ELECTIONS AND OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS TO ASSIST IN MAKING AVAILABLE VOTER REGISTRATION AND PRE-REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS IN ANY SCHOOL SERVING ANY OR ALL OF EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
John T. McDonald III
William Conrad
Karen McMahon
William Colton
2021-A5829A (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A5829A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5829--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 26, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WALLACE, McDONALD, CONRAD, McMAHON, COLTON, SEAWRIGHT, DARLING, GALEF, DINOWITZ, GUNTHER, ZINERMAN, THIELE, SIMON, STECK, JACOBSON, SILLITTI, HEVESI, SEPTIMO, JACKSON, FORREST -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a school voter registration access program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new article 25 to read as follows: ARTICLE 25 SCHOOL VOTER REGISTRATION ACCESS SECTION 1301. SCHOOL VOTER REGISTRATION ACCESS. § 1301. SCHOOL VOTER REGISTRATION ACCESS. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, CHARTER SCHOOL, AND NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL SHALL ADOPT A POLICY TO PROMOTE STUDENT VOTER REGISTRATION AND PRE-REGISTRATION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER TWO OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN. SUCH POLICY SHALL, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, REQUIRE ALL SCHOOLS OPERATED BY SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS SERVING ANY OR ALL OF GRADES TEN, ELEVEN, AND TWELVE TO MAKE AVAILABLE ACCESS TO VOTER REGISTRATION AND PRE-REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE PURPOSES OF EDUCATING STUDENTS ABOUT THE VOTING ENROLLMENT PROCESS AND PROVIDING ELIGIBLE STUDENTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO REGISTER OR PRE-REGISTER TO VOTE AS APPLICABLE. SUCH POLICY SHALL INCLUDE PROCEDURES FOR ACQUIRING AND TRANSMITTING VOTER REGISTRATION AND PRE-REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS TO AND FROM THE LOCAL BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND DISSEMINATION AMONG THEIR APPROPRIATE SCHOOLS, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02646-06-1
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