Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 26, 2024 |
opinion referred to judiciary |
Jan 08, 2024 |
to attorney-general for opinion |
Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to election law |
Jan 30, 2023 |
opinion referred to judiciary |
Jan 10, 2023 |
to attorney-general for opinion |
Jan 09, 2023 |
referred to election law |
Assembly Bill A412
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
EPSTEIN
Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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
Zohran Mamdani
Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas
Rebecca Seawright
Anna Kelles
2023-A412 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-A412 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 412 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 9, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EPSTEIN, MAMDANI, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, SEAWRIGHT, KELLES, SIMON, MEEKS, JACKSON, FORREST, WEPRIN, WALKER, TAYLOR, CRUZ, GIBBS, BURGOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law 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 Senate concur), That section 1 of article 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 Senate 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- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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