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Mar 01, 2022 |
opinion referred to judiciary |
Jan 28, 2022 |
to attorney-general for opinion |
Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to judiciary |
Mar 04, 2021 |
opinion referred to judiciary |
Feb 09, 2021 |
to attorney-general for opinion |
Jan 27, 2021 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S3073
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 18th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Judiciary 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
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
(D) 32nd Senate District
(D, WF) 25th Senate District
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
2021-S3073 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S3073 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3073 SPONSOR: SALAZAR TITLE OF BILL: CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to sections 1 and 3 of article 2 of the constitution, in relation to authorizing voting by incarcerated people PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To create an affirmative right in the constitution entitling incarcerat- ed people to vote in a correction facility and to delete language excluding citizens from the vote. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends section 1 of article 2 of the constitution to provide that incarcerated people shall be entitled to vote provided they meet the other qualifications.
2021-S3073 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3073 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 27, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SALAZAR, PARKER, SEPULVEDA, BRISPORT, HOYLMAN, MYRIE, RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to sections 1 and 3 of article 2 of the constitu- tion, in relation to authorizing voting by incarcerated people Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 1 of arti- cle 2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: Section 1. Every citizen, INCLUDING ANY INCARCERATED PERSON IN A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, shall be entitled to vote at every election for all officers elected by the people and upon all questions submitted to the vote of the people provided that such citizen is eighteen years of age or over and shall have been a resident of this state, and of the county, city, or village for thirty days next preceding an election. § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 3 of article 2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: § 3. No person who shall receive, accept, or offer to receive, or pay, offer or promise to pay, contribute, offer or promise to contribute to another, to be paid or used, any money or other valuable thing as a compensation or reward for the giving or withholding a vote at an election, or who shall make any promise to influence the giving or with- holding any such vote, or who shall make or become directly or indirect- ly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the result of any election, shall vote at such election; and upon challenge for such cause, the person so challenged, before the officers authorized for that purpose shall receive his or her vote, shall swear or affirm before such officers that he or she has not received or offered, does not expect to receive, has not paid, offered or promised to pay, contributed, offered or promised to contribute to another, to be paid or used, any money or other valuable thing as a compensation or reward for the giving or with- holding a vote at such election, and has not made any promise to influ- ence the giving or withholding of any such vote, nor made or become EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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