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A00774 Summary:

A00774 Actions:

A00774 Committee Votes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:01/14/2019AYE/NAY:23/9  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Weinstein
Aye
Barclay
Nay
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Excused
Schimminger
Excused
Fitzpatrick
Nay
Gantt
Aye
Hawley
Nay
Glick
Aye
Malliotakis
Nay
Nolan
Excused
Montesano
Nay
Pretlow
Aye
Ra
Nay
Perry
Aye
Blankenbush
Nay
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Nay
Cook
Aye
Norris
Nay
Cahill
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Aye
Ramos
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Simotas
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Miller
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:01/14/2019AYE/NAY:26/2  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Aye
Kolb
Nay
Gottfried
Aye
Crouch
Excused
Lentol
Aye
Finch
Aye
Gantt
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Nolan
Excused
Raia
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Malliotakis
Nay
Cook
Aye
Glick
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Titus
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye

Committee:ELECTION LAW   Chair:Lavine      
DATE:01/14/2019AYE/NAY:11/4  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Lavine
Aye
Norris
Nay
Galef
Aye
Brabenec
Nay
Dinowitz
Aye
Mikulin
Nay
Lentol
Aye
Tague
Nay
Lifton
Aye
Buchwald
Aye
Blake
Aye
Walker
Excused
Carroll
Aye
Taylor
Aye
Jacobson
Aye
D'Urso
Aye

A00774 Floor Votes:

A00774 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
            S. 1100                                                   A. 774
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 10, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        IN  SENATE  --  Introduced by Sens. CARLUCCI, ADDABBO, BAILEY, BENJAMIN,
          BIAGGI, BRESLIN, BROOKS, COMRIE, GAUGHRAN, GIANARIS, GOUNARDES, HARCK-
          HAM, HOYLMAN, JACKSON, KAMINSKY, KAPLAN, KAVANAGH,  KENNEDY,  KRUEGER,
          LIU,   MARTINEZ,  MAY,  MAYER,  METZGER,  MONTGOMERY,  MYRIE,  PARKER,
          PERSAUD, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SAVINO, SEPULVEDA,  SERRANO,
          SKOUFIS,  STAVISKY,  STEWART-COUSINS, THOMAS -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and  when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on
          Elections
 
        IN  ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE, GALEF, BUCHWALD, LUPARDO,
          L. ROSENTHAL, FAHY, ENGLEBRIGHT, ABINANTI, STIRPE,  LIFTON,  DINOWITZ,
          BLAKE,  ZEBROWSKI,  SIMON,  JAFFEE,  COLTON,  WALKER,  ORTIZ, EPSTEIN,
          BURKE, CARROLL, CRUZ,  EICHENSTEIN,  FALL,  FRONTUS,  GLICK,  GRIFFIN,
          HEASTIE,  JACOBSON,  McMAHON, OTIS, RAYNOR, REYES, WEINSTEIN -- Multi-
          Sponsored by -- M. of A. LENTOL, THIELE -- read once and  referred  to
          the Committee on Election Law
 
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to voter pre-registration
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1.   Paragraph o of subdivision 4  of  section  5-500  of  the
     2  election  law, as amended by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is amended
     3  and a new paragraph p is added to read as follows:
     4    o. A space for "remarks" regarding other facts required by this  chap-
     5  ter to be recorded or appropriate to identify the voter[.];
     6    p.  A space for pre-registering applicants to respond to the following
     7  question: "Are you at least 16 years of age and understand that you must
     8  be 18 years of age on or before election day to vote, and that until you
     9  will be eighteen years of age at the time of such election  your  regis-
    10  tration will be marked 'pending' and you will be unable to cast a ballot
    11  in any election?".

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04590-03-9
        S. 1100                             2                             A. 774
 
     1    § 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 5-507 to read
     2  as follows:
     3    §  5-507.  Voter pre-registration and education on voter pre-registra-
     4  tion. 1. Pre-registration.  A person who is at least  sixteen  years  of
     5  age  and who is otherwise qualified to register to vote may pre-register
     6  to vote, and shall be automatically registered upon reaching the age  of
     7  eligibility as provided by this chapter.
     8    2.  Encouragement  of student voter registration and pre-registration.
     9  Local boards of education are required  to  adopt  policies  to  promote
    10  student  voter  registration  and  pre-registration.  These policies may
    11  include collaboration with county boards of elections to  conduct  voter
    12  registration  and  pre-registration  in  high  schools.  Completion  and
    13  submission of voter registration or pre-registration forms shall not  be
    14  a course requirement or graded assignment for students.
    15    §  3.  Paragraph (g) of subdivision 5 of section 5-210 of the election
    16  law, as amended by chapter 179 of the laws of 2005, is amended  to  read
    17  as follows:
    18    (g)  Notice that the applicant must be a citizen of the United States,
    19  [is or will be at least eighteen years old not later than December thir-
    20  ty-first of the calendar year in which he or she registers] is at  least
    21  sixteen  years  old when he or she submits an application to register to
    22  vote which will be effective for elections occurring  on  or  after  the
    23  applicant  turns  eighteen  years of age and a resident of the county or
    24  city to which application is made.
    25    § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    26  ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
    27  the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
    28  sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
    29  authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.