Assembly Bill A330

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the voting age

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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-A330 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2562
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 2 §1, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A6840, S5645
2019-2020: A2800, S2272
2021-2022: A611, S478

2023-A330 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the voting age in New York be 16 years old.

2023-A330 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    330
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. CARROLL, COLTON, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, SEAWRIGHT,
   HYNDMAN, DINOWITZ,  WALKER,  SIMON,  PEOPLES-STOKES,  HEVESI,  THIELE,
   EPSTEIN,  DE LOS SANTOS  -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Election Law
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

 proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 2 of the constitution, in
   relation to the voting age
 
   Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 1 of  article
 2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   Section  1.  Every citizen 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]
 SIXTEEN 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 preced-
 ing an election.
   § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing  be  referred
 to  the  first  regular  legislative  session  convening  after the next
 succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in conform-
 ity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be published for 3
 months previous to the time of such election.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD89012-01-3



              

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