NY State Senate Bill 2025-S810

Senate Bill S810

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to not including the process for declining designation to a county committee party position in the notice provided by the board of elections of the city of New York

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- In Committee Assembly
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 13, 2025	ordered to third reading cal.84
Jan 08, 2025	referred to rules

Votes

- Jan 13, 2025 - Rules Committee Vote
  S810
  
  21
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jan 13, 2025
      
      aye (21)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Comrie
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins

2025-S810 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A438
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §6-134, El L (as proposed in S.6199-B & A.494-B)

2025-S810 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the process for declining designation to a county committee party position does not need to be included in the notice provided by the board of elections of the city of New York of such party position designation.

2025-S810 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S810

SPONSOR: MYRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the election law, in relation to not including the proc-
ess for declining designation to a county committee party position in
the notice provided by the board of elections of the city of New York

 
PURPOSE:

This is a chapter amendment to chapter 657 of the laws of 2024 making
changes to the Executive Law that would require agencies to use separate
collection categories and tabulations for Middle Eastern and North Afri-
can groups in New York State when collecting data on ancestry or ethnic
origins of residents of New York State.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one adds a new subsection (h) to § 170 of the Executive Law to
require that every state agency, board, department or commission that
directly collects demographic data regarding the ancestry or ethnic

origin of a New York resident shall use separate collection categories
and tabulations for Middle Eastern, North African, and other Middle
Eastern or North African groups.

Section one also requires agencies, boards, departments, or commissions
that directly collect demographic data to include the collected data in
every demographic report on ancestry or ethnic origins of residents of
New York State, and make the report available to the public, effective
January 1, 2027.

Section two is the effective date.

 
EXISTING LAW:

None.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation is a negotiated change to the underlying chapter.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

Chapter amendment to Chapter 657 of the Laws of 2024. S6584-C passed the
Senate in May and A6219-B passed the Assembly in June 2024.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. Effective immediately, the
addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

2025-S810 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    810
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to not including the proc-
   ess for declining designation to a county committee party position  in
   the notice provided by the board of elections of the city of New York
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 14 of section 6-134 of  the  election  law,  as
 added  by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the election law relat-
 ing to notifying candidates of designation for  certain  county  commit-
 tees,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 6199-B and A. 494-B,
 is amended to read as follows:
   14. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, upon receipt
 of a designating  petition  pursuant  to  this  section,  the  board  of
 elections of the city of New York shall provide notice to each candidate
 designated in such petition for election to a party position of a county
 committee  located  within the city of New York informing such candidate
 of such designation [and the process for declining such  designation  in
 accordance with the provisions of section 6-146 of this article].
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the election law relat-
 ing to notifying candidates of designation for  certain  county  commit-
 tees,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 6199-B and A. 494-B,
 takes effect.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02854-01-5

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