New York State Assembly

Bill No.:  

 
•  Summary 
 
•  Actions 
 
•  Committee Votes 
 
•  Floor Votes 
 
•  Memo 
 
•  Text 
 
•  LFIN 
 
•  Chamber Video/Transcript 

---

A01816 Summary:

BILL NO	A01816
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Miller MG
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §8-104, El L
Requires each polling place shall have at least two voting booths which are designed to be used by elderly or disabled persons; such booths shall have a surface which is at a level permitting the voter to be seated and a chair shall be available and provided as needed for any voter who wishes to be seated while casting his or her ballot.

Go to top    

---

A01816 Actions:

BILL NO	A01816
01/17/2019	referred to election law
01/08/2020	referred to election law

Go to top

---

A01816 Committee Votes:

Go to top

---

A01816 Floor Votes:

Go to top

---

A01816 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1816
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 17, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Election Law
 
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring each  polling
          site to provide voting booths designed for elderly or disabled voters
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 8-104 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 1-b to read as follows:
     3    1-b.  Each  polling  place shall have at least two voting booths which
     4  are designed to be used by elderly  or  disabled  persons.  Such  booths
     5  shall  have  a  surface  which  is at a level permitting the voter to be
     6  seated and a chair shall be available and provided  as  needed  for  any
     7  voter who wishes to be seated while casting his or her ballot.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00360-01-9

Go to top