Senate Bill S8752A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for automatic voter registration and preregistration for persons applying for certain department of motor vehicles documentation, and for Medicaid enrollees

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  • 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-S8752 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9732
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§5-900, 5-902, 5-904 & 5-308, add §§5-901 & 5-901-a, El L

2023-S8752 - Summary

Provides for automatic voter registration and pre-registration for persons applying for certain department of motor vehicles documentation, and for persons applying for or re-enrolling in Medicaid; allows individuals to decline such automatic registration and pre-registration.

2023-S8752 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8752 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8752
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 7, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GIANARIS -- 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 providing for automatic
   voter  registration  and  preregistration  for  persons  applying  for
   certain  department  of motor vehicles documentation, and for Medicaid
   enrollees

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1, paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of subdivision 6
 and  subdivisions  10  and  13  of section 5-900 of the election law, as
 amended by chapter 37 of the laws  of  2021,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  In addition to any other method of voter registration provided for
 by this chapter, state and local  agencies  designated  in  subdivisions
 thirteen  and  fourteen of this section shall provide to the state board
 of elections voter  registration  qualification  information  associated
 with  each  person who submits an application for services or assistance
 at such agency, including a renewal, recertification,  or  reexamination
 transaction  at  such  agency,  and  each person who submits a change of
 address or name form. [For the purposes of the department of motor vehi-
 cles, "application for services or assistance  at  such  agency"  refers
 only  to an application for a motor vehicle driver's license, a driver's
 license renewal or an identification card if such card is issued by  the
 department  of  motor  vehicles  in  its normal course of business.] For
 purposes of  the  New  York  city  housing  authority  "application  for
 services  or assistance at such agency" refers only to applications that
 reach an eligibility  interview  and  reexamination  transactions.  Such
 designated  agencies  shall  ensure  agency  applications  substantially
 include all of the elements required by section 5-210 of  this  article,
 including  the  appropriate attestation, so that persons completing such
 applications shall be able to also submit an application to register  to
 vote  through  the electronic voter registration transmittal system. For
 purposes of this section, "agency" shall mean any state or local agency,
 department, division, office, institution or other entity designated  in
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

2023-S8752A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9732
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§5-900, 5-902, 5-904 & 5-308, add §§5-901 & 5-901-a, El L

2023-S8752A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for automatic voter registration and pre-registration for persons applying for certain department of motor vehicles documentation, and for persons applying for or re-enrolling in Medicaid; allows individuals to decline such automatic registration and pre-registration.

2023-S8752A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8752A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8752--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 7, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GIANARIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Elections  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to providing for automatic
   voter  registration  and  preregistration  for  persons  applying  for
   certain department of motor vehicles documentation, and  for  Medicaid
   enrollees
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1, paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of subdivision 6
 and subdivisions 10 and 13 of section 5-900  of  the  election  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  37  of  the  laws  of 2021, are amended to read as
 follows:
   1. In addition to any other method of voter registration provided  for
 by  this  chapter,  state  and local agencies designated in subdivisions
 thirteen and fourteen of this section shall provide to the  state  board
 of  elections  voter  registration  qualification information associated
 with each person who submits an application for services  or  assistance
 at  such  agency, including a renewal, recertification, or reexamination
 transaction at such agency, and each person  who  submits  a  change  of
 address or name form. [For the purposes of the department of motor vehi-
 cles,  "application  for  services  or assistance at such agency" refers
 only to an application for a motor vehicle driver's license, a  driver's
 license  renewal or an identification card if such card is issued by the
 department of motor vehicles in its  normal  course  of  business.]  For
 purposes  of  the  New  York  city  housing  authority  "application for
 services or assistance at such agency" refers only to applications  that
 reach  an  eligibility  interview  and  reexamination transactions. Such
 designated  agencies  shall  ensure  agency  applications  substantially
 include  all  of the elements required by section 5-210 of this article,
 including the appropriate attestation, so that persons  completing  such
 applications  shall be able to also submit an application to register to
 vote through the electronic voter registration transmittal  system.  For
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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