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NY S00638
Bill
Status
1/5/2023
Primary Sponsor
Brian Kavanagh
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AI Summary
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Requires the State Board of Elections to publish the text of proposed constitutional amendments and questions on its website at least three months before the general election and maintain publication until the day after the election.
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Mandates that abbreviated titles for ballot proposals use clear, unbiased, and coherent language with common everyday meanings to describe the subject matter.
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Shifts responsibility for preparing ballot abstracts and submission forms from the State Board of Elections to the Attorney General, who must deliver them at least four months before the general election.
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Requires abstracts to concisely state the purpose and effect of proposed amendments in clear, coherent language using common everyday words.
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Takes effect one year after becoming law.
Legislative Description
Relates to the text of proposed constitutional amendments and questions; requires the state board of elections to publish the text of any proposed constitutional amendment, proposition or question; requires that the language of the proposed amendment, proposition or question be unbiased; requires that the language be prepared by the attorney general.
Last Action
REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
1/3/2024