S09671 Summary:
| BILL NO | S09671 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | HINCHEY |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §5-508, El L | |
| Requires the board of elections to notify victims of domestic violence whose registration is maintained as confidential of the expiration of the confidentiality of such registration records; requires such notice to include information on the application process to extend such four-year period. | |
S09671 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9671 IN SENATE April 1, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- 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 requiring the board of elections to notify victims of domestic violence whose registration is maintained as confidential of the expiration of the confidentiality of such registration records The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 5-508 of the election law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows: 3 (c) The board of elections shall provide a notice of the four-year 4 period's expiration date to each victim of domestic violence whose 5 registration is maintained as confidential in accordance with this 6 section. Such notice shall include information on the application proc- 7 ess to extend such four-year period. Such notice shall be mailed to the 8 victim of domestic violence no later than six months prior to the expi- 9 ration of such four-year period. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14320-01-5