Assembly Bill A5989

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to tax preparation and voter registration software

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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-A5989 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2375
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §171, Tax L; add §5-231, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8108
2019-2020: S1080
2021-2022: S935

2023-A5989 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that all electronic tax preparation software offered for sale in the state of New York include a prompt providing a link to users of such software to a New York state voter registration application website.

2023-A5989 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5989
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 28, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the tax law and the election law, in relation to requir-
   ing  tax  preparation software to provide a link to voter registration
   websites
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  171  of  the  tax law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision twenty-ninth to read as follows:
   TWENTY-NINTH. REQUIRE THAT ALL ELECTRONIC INCOME TAX PREPARATION SOFT-
 WARE OFFERED FOR SALE OR USE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK INCLUDE  A  PROMPT
 PROVIDING  A  LINK  TO  USERS OF SUCH SOFTWARE TO A NEW YORK STATE VOTER
 REGISTRATION APPLICATION  WEBSITE  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  5-231  OF  THE
 ELECTION LAW.
   § 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 5-231 to read
 as follows:
   §  5-231.  ELECTRONIC INCOME TAX VOTER REGISTRATION. THE DEPARTMENT OF
 TAXATION AND FINANCE, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS,
 SHALL REQUIRE  THAT  ALL  ELECTRONIC  INCOME  TAX  PREPARATION  SOFTWARE
 OFFERED  FOR  SALE  OR  USE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK INCLUDE A PROMPT TO
 USERS OF SUCH SOFTWARE WHICH SHALL PROVIDE A LINK TO A  NEW  YORK  STATE
 VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION WEBSITE.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02729-01-3

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