NY State Senate Bill 2021-S3617

Senate Bill S3617

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to designating every government entity which issues licenses to carry, possess, repair and dispose of firearms as participating agencies for voter registration form distribution and assistance

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- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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Jan 05, 2022	referred to elections
Jan 30, 2021	referred to elections

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2021-S3617 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4232
Current Committee:: Senate Elections
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §5-211, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S7049, A9703
2019-2020: S687, A1703
2023-2024: S866, A1995

2021-S3617 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S3617 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S3617

SPONSOR: ORTT
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the election law, in relation to designating every
government entity which issues licenses to carry, possess, repair and
dispose of firearms as participating agencies for voter registration
form distribution and assistance

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL::

Would require every court and law enforcement agency who have responsi-
bility to issue licenses to carry, posses, repair or dispose of firearms
to implement a program for the distribution of voter registration forms

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS::

Amends section 5-211 of the election law to require every court and law
enforcement agency who have responsibility to issue licenses to carry,
posses, repair or dispose of firearms to implement a program for the

distribution of voter registration forms. Further also adds them to the
list of entities that must provide assistance in the completion of these
forms.

 
JUSTIFICATION::

Under current law entities such as the Department of Labor, Office for
the Aging, Division of Veterans' and Military Affairs, Office of Mental
Health, Office of People with Developmental Disabilities, Office of
Alcoholism and Substance Abuse are required to provide forms and assist-
ance as it relates to voter registration forms.  Further Executive Order
169 of 2017 required all State Agencies to provide voter registration
forms and assistance. This legislation continues the spirit of this law,
and executive order by expanding voter registration opportunities.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY::

2019-2020: S.678 Referred to Elections

2017-2018: S. 7049 referred to Elections

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS::

Minimal.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE::

120 days

2021-S3617 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3617
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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  designating  every
   government  entity which issues licenses to carry, possess, repair and
   dispose of firearms as participating agencies for  voter  registration
   form distribution and assistance
 
   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
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD02107-01-1

 S. 3617                             2
 
 registration offices are the department of  state  [and],  the  district
 offices  of  the  workers'  compensation  board  AND EVERY COURT AND LAW
 ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN SUCH ENTITIES ARE  ISSUING  LICENSES  TO  CARRY,
 POSSESS, REPAIR OR DISPOSE OF FIREARMS.  Such agencies shall be required
 to  offer  voter  registration forms to persons upon initial application
 for services,  UPON  renewal  or  recertification  for  services  [and],
 PARTICIPATION IN ACTIVITIES OR USE OF FACILITIES OF THE AGENCY, AND upon
 change of address relating to such services. Such agencies shall also be
 responsible  for  providing assistance to applicants in completing voter
 registration forms, receiving and transmitting the completed application
 form from all applicants who wish to have such form transmitted  to  the
 appropriate  board  of  elections.  The  state board of elections shall,
 together  with  representatives  of  the  United  States  department  of
 defense,  develop  and  implement  procedures  for including recruitment
 offices of the armed forces of the United States as  voter  registration
 offices  when  such offices are so designated by federal law.  The state
 board of elections shall also make request of the United States Citizen-
 ship and Immigration Services to include applications  for  registration
 by mail with any materials which are given to new citizens.
   §  2.    This  act  shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day
 after it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the  addition,
 amendment  and/or  repeal  of  any  rule or regulation necessary for the
 implementation of this act on its effective date  is  authorized  to  be
 made on or before such date.

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Robert G. Ortt