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Feb 09, 2022 |
referred to election law |
Assembly Bill A9222
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WEPRIN
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
co-Sponsors
Steven Otis
Thomas Abinanti
Sandy Galef
Amy Paulin
2021-A9222 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S5039
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Election Law
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §8-500, El L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010:
S2866
2011-2012: S2348
2013-2014: A6776, S3373
2015-2016: A2824, S5982
2017-2018: A4984, S3405
2019-2020: A4044, S4552
2023-2024: A530, S6130
2021-A9222 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9222 I N A S S E M B L Y February 9, 2022 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, OTIS, ABINANTI, GALEF, PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to watchers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 8-500 of the election law, as amended by chapter 418 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 5. Each watcher must be a qualified voter of the city or county in which he or she is to serve. No person shall be appointed or act as a watcher who is a candidate for any public office to be voted for by the voters of the election district in the same election in which the watch- er is to serve. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed as prohibiting any such candidate from visiting a polling place in such district on an election day while the polls are open, OR AN ATTORNEY WHO IS A NEW YORK STATE RESIDENT AND IS LICENSED TO PRACTICE LAW THEREIN. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09249-01-1
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