Senate Bill S215

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires that subpoenas relating to election matters be served with a separate informational sheet that summarizes why the subpoena has been issued

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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-S215 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7834
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §16-102, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8568
2019-2020: S2099
2023-2024: S2298, A1176

2021-S215 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that subpoenas issued relating to election matters be served with a separate informational sheet that summarizes why the subpoena has been issued.

2021-S215 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S215 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    215
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. MAYER, BROOKS, JACKSON, LIU, MYRIE -- read twice and
   ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
   Elections
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring that  subpoe-
   nas  relating  to  election matters be served with a separate informa-
   tional sheet that summarizes why the subpoena has been issued
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 16-102 of the election law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A. A SUBPOENA ISSUED IN RELATION TO THIS ARTICLE SHALL REQUIRE  THAT
 THE  SUBPOENA  BE SERVED WITH A SEPARATE INFORMATIONAL SHEET THAT SUMMA-
 RIZES WHY THE SUBPOENA HAS BEEN ISSUED, THAT THE CASE IS NOT RELATED  TO
 A  CRIMINAL ACTION, THAT THE PERSON TO WHOM THE SUBPOENA IS BEING SERVED
 DOES NOT CURRENTLY FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES RELATED TO  THE  CASE,  SPECIFY
 THAT  THE  ACTION  IS  RELATED TO THE UPCOMING ELECTION OF THE PERTINENT
 OFFICE AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING THE SUBPOENA.  THE INFORMA-
 TIONAL SHEET SHALL BE AFFIXED TO THE SUBPOENA BEING SERVED AND SHALL  BE
 WRITTEN  IN PLAIN LANGUAGE AND PRINTED IN A FORMAT AND TYPE SIZE THAT IS
 CLEAR AND EASY TO READ.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02632-01-1

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