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S01299 Summary:

BILL NOS01299
 
SAME ASSAME AS A04402
 
SPONSORBORRELLO
 
COSPNSRHELMING, OBERACKER
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §5-210, El L
 
Enacts the voter registration integrity act; requires a birth certificate, passport, certificate of naturalization or citizenship, evidence of New York state residency, or any other documentation that the board of elections determines establishes United States citizenship.
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S01299 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1299
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     January 9, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  BORRELLO,  HELMING,  OBERACKER  -- 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 enacting the "voter
          registration integrity act"
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
     2  the "voter registration integrity act".
     3    § 2. Section 5-210 of the election law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     4  subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
     5    5-a.  In addition to documentation of New York residency, the board of
     6  elections shall require that each first-time voter registration applica-
     7  tion include one of the following:
     8    (a)  an original or certified copy of a birth certificate establishing
     9  United States citizenship;
    10    (b) a valid United States passport;
    11    (c) a certificate of naturalization or citizenship; or
    12    (d) such other documentation that the board  of  elections  determines
    13  establishes United States citizenship.
    14    § 3. Clause (D) of subparagraph (viii) of paragraph (k) of subdivision
    15  5 of section 5-210 of the election law, as amended by chapter 113 of the
    16  laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
    17    (D)  a  copy  of  a  current  utility bill, bank statement, government
    18  check, paycheck or other government document that  shows  the  name  and
    19  address of the voter; and
    20    (E)  in addition to documentation of New York residency, a copy of one
    21  of the following:
    22    (1) an original or certified copy of a birth certificate  establishing
    23  United States citizenship;
    24    (2) a valid United States passport;
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01611-01-5

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     1    (3) a certificate of naturalization or citizenship; or
     2    (4)  such  other  documentation that the board of elections determines
     3  establishes United States citizenship.
     4    § 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
     5  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
     6  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
     7  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
     8  on or before such effective date.
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