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A07502 Summary:
| BILL NO | A07502C |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Lifton |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add §5-616, El L | |
| Requires the state to enter into an agreement with an entity which shall share and process data that relates to the maintenance of the state's voter registration lists and provides regular reports to the state and authorizes state agencies to provide certain information to the entity. | |
A07502 Actions:
| BILL NO | A07502C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 04/28/2017 | referred to election law | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/09/2017 | amend (t) and recommit to election law | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 05/09/2017 | print number 7502a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/14/2017 | amend (t) and recommit to election law | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/14/2017 | print number 7502b | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/03/2018 | referred to election law | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/06/2018 | reported referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/14/2018 | amend and recommit to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 06/14/2018 | print number 7502c | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A07502 Committee Votes:
| Lavine | Aye | Norris | Nay | ||||||
| Galef | Aye | Brabenec | Nay | ||||||
| Dinowitz | Aye | Mikulin | Nay | ||||||
| Lentol | Aye | Tague | Nay | ||||||
| Lifton | Aye | ||||||||
| Abinanti | Aye | ||||||||
| Buchwald | Aye | ||||||||
| Blake | Excused | ||||||||
| Walker | Aye | ||||||||
| Carroll | Aye | ||||||||
| Taylor | Absent | ||||||||
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A07502 Floor Votes:
There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
Go to topA07502 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7502--C 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 28, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LIFTON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to allowing the state board of elections to enter into an agreement with an entity which shall share and process data that relates to the maintenance of the state's voter registration lists and provides regular reports to the state board of elections The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 5-616 2 to read as follows: 3 § 5-616. Statewide voter registration list maintenance. 1. The state 4 board of elections may enter into an agreement with an entity which 5 seeks to lessen the burdens of government by facilitating the collab- 6 oration of state and local government units to conduct research, develop 7 technology, and perform other charitable and educational activities 8 designed to reduce the costs and increase the accuracies and efficien- 9 cies associated with their use of voter registration systems. Such enti- 10 ty shall provide a service to the state which includes sharing and proc- 11 essing data that relates to the maintenance of the state's voter 12 registration lists. In order to ensure the accuracy of such a service, 13 an entity must, at a minimum, be able to compare the data contained 14 within the state voter registration list to data provided from one or 15 more additional state agencies. As part of any agreement entered into as 16 described in this section, the data shared between state agencies may be 17 shared with other states as long as the requirement to provide voter EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10027-09-8A. 7502--C 2 1 registration data in addition to that from another state government 2 source is maintained for all states participating in such activity. The 3 entity must also be able to provide regular reports regarding the 4 results of such data comparison activities to the state on, at least, a 5 monthly basis. 6 2. (a) Designated state agencies shall enter into a memorandum of 7 understanding with the state board of elections related to the provision 8 of information that is necessary to maintain the statewide voter regis- 9 tration list pursuant to any agreement entered into pursuant to subdivi- 10 sion one of this section. At a minimum, the memorandum of understanding 11 shall provide that a designated state agency shall provide necessary 12 information to maintain the voter registration list upon request by the 13 state board of elections; provided, however, that a designated state 14 agency shall not release information that is protected from disclosure 15 by law. 16 (b) The information transmitted by state agencies pursuant to para- 17 graph (a) of this subdivision shall include, but need not be limited to: 18 (1) all name fields; (2) all address fields; (3) driver's license or 19 state ID number; (4) last four digits of social security number; (5) 20 date of birth; (6) activity dates as defined by the entity contracted 21 with pursuant to subdivision one of this section; (7) current record 22 status; (8) affirmative documentation of citizenship; (9) the title/type 23 of affirmative documentation of citizenship presented; (10) phone 24 number; and (11) e-mail address or other electronic contact method. 25 (c) Designated agencies for purposes of this section shall include all 26 agencies designated as voter registration agencies in sections 5-211 and 27 5-212 of this article, as well as any other agency designated by the 28 state board of elections. 29 3. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the state board 30 of elections shall ensure that any information or data provided to it 31 that is confidential in the possession of the state providing the data 32 remains confidential while in the possession of the state board. The 33 state board may provide such otherwise confidential information or data 34 to persons or organizations that are engaging in legitimate governmental 35 purposes related to the maintenance of the statewide voter registration 36 list. Any agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision one of this 37 section shall ensure that the entity maintain the confidentiality of 38 information or data provided by the state board to such entity which is 39 deemed confidential pursuant to this chapter. 40 (b) Information concerning the citizenship status of individuals, when 41 collected and transmitted pursuant to this subdivision, shall not be 42 retained, used or shared for any other purpose except as may be required 43 by law. 44 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.