Assembly Bill A694

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Makes the following participating agencies for purposes of agency assisted voter registration: public libraries, local housing authorities, and public high schools

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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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2021-A694 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1054
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5-211, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5260
2011-2012: A1685, S1970
2013-2014: A174, S586
2015-2016: A5892, S2428
2017-2018: A8571, A10841, S2735
2019-2020: A5662, S1286
2023-2024: A2568, S1499

2021-A694 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes the following participating agencies for purposes of agency assisted voter registration: public libraries, local housing authorities, and public high schools; directs the state board of elections to promulgate rules and regulations for implementation.

2021-A694 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    694
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ROZIC, COLTON, GALEF, GOTTFRIED -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to designating  additional
   participating agencies for purposes of agency assisted voter registra-
   tion

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 5-211 of the election law,
 as separately amended by chapters 587 and 672 of the laws  of  2019,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   Each  agency designated as a participating agency under the provisions
 of this section shall implement and administer a program of distribution
 of voter registration forms pursuant to the provisions of this  section.
 The  following  offices  which  provide public assistance and/or provide
 state funded programs primarily engaged in providing services to persons
 with disabilities are hereby designated as voter registration  agencies:
 designated as the state agencies which provide public assistance are the
 office  of  children  and  family  services, the office of temporary and
 disability assistance and the department of health. Also  designated  as
 public  assistance  agencies  are  all agencies of local government that
 provide such assistance.  Designated  as  state  agencies  that  provide
 programs primarily engaged in providing services to people with disabil-
 ities  are  the  department  of labor, office for the aging, division of
 veterans' services, office of mental health, office  of  vocational  and
 educational  services  for  individuals with disabilities, commission on
 quality of care for the mentally disabled, office for people with devel-
 opmental disabilities, commission for the blind,  office  of  alcoholism
 and  substance  abuse services, the office of the advocate for the disa-
 bled and all offices which administer programs established or funded  by
 such  agencies.  Additional  participating  agencies designated as voter

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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