Assembly Bill A2561

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Studies the use of blockchain technology in elections

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A2561 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Elections
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A8792
2019-2020: A1351
2021-2022: A4332

2023-A2561 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the state board of elections to study and evaluate the use of blockchain technology to protect voter records and election results.

2023-A2561 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2561
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN ACT directing the study  of  the  use  of  blockchain  technology  to
   protect voter records and election results
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. a. The state board of elections, in consultation with,  and
 using  data collected by, the office of information technology services,
 shall study and evaluate the use of  blockchain  technology  to  protect
 voter records and election results.
   b.  For  purposes  of  this  act,  "blockchain  technology" shall mean
 distributed ledger technology that uses  a  distributed,  decentralized,
 shared  and  replicated  ledger, which may be public or private, permis-
 sioned or permissionless, or driven by  tokenized  crypto  economics  or
 tokenless.  The  data  on  the ledger is protected with cryptography, is
 immutable and auditable and provides an uncensored truth.
   § 2. No later than one year after the effective date of this act,  the
 state  board  of elections shall submit to the governor and the legisla-
 ture a report on the use of blockchain technology,  as  described  under
 subdivision  a of section one of this act. Such board shall consider the
 use of blockchain technology in other formats and in other  states  when
 creating such report.
   §  3.  The  state board of elections shall evaluate such data with the
 assistance of experts in:
   a. blockchain technology;
   b. voter fraud;
   c. cyber security;
   d. voter records; and
   e. election results.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06234-01-3

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