Assembly Bill A1241

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to furnishing money or entertainment to induce attendance at polls

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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
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2025-A1241 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §17-140, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A9477
2023-2024: A1346

2025-A1241 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to furnishing items with a nominal value to induce attendance at polls.

2025-A1241 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1241
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON, STIRPE, EPSTEIN, DAVILA, JACOBSON, GLICK,
   DINOWITZ, FALL, NOVAKHOV,  ANDERSON,  PAULIN,  SEPTIMO,  CRUZ,  TAPIA,
   DE LOS SANTOS, SIMONE, ZACCARO, BORES -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the election law, in relation to furnishing money or
   entertainment to induce attendance at polls
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 17-140 of the election law, as amended by chapter
 414 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   § 17-140. Furnishing money or entertainment to  induce  attendance  at
 polls.    Any person who directly or indirectly by [himself] SUCH PERSON
 or through any other person in connection with  or  in  respect  of  any
 election  during  the  hours of voting on a day of a general, special or
 primary election gives or provides, or causes to be given  or  provided,
 or shall pay, wholly or in part, for any meat, drink, tobacco[, refresh-
 ment]  or  provision  to  or  for any person, other than persons who are
 official representatives of the board of elections or political  parties
 and  committees and persons who are engaged as watchers, party represen-
 tatives or workers assisting  the  candidate,  except  any  such  [meat,
 drink, tobacco, refreshment or provision] ITEM having [a retail value of
 less  than  one  dollar,] A NOMINAL VALUE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 SNACKS, WATER, SOFT DRINKS, OR OTHER REFRESHMENTS which [is]  ARE  given
 or  provided  to  any  person in a polling place OR IN LINE TO VOTE AT A
 POLLING PLACE without any identification of the person or entity supply-
 ing such provisions, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00050-01-5

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