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NY A04973
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/10/2025
Primary Sponsor
Eddie Gibbs
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AI Summary
- Authorizes incarcerated individuals in state or local correctional facilities to vote while serving their sentences
- Requires incarcerated voters to be registered at their pre-incarceration residence address (county, city, town, or village) rather than the facility location
- Repeals provisions that cancelled voter registration upon felony conviction and removes felony conviction as a disqualifying condition for voting
- Mandates the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, in collaboration with state and county boards of election, to establish a voter registration and voting program for incarcerated individuals, including access to registration forms and absentee ballots
- Takes effect 90 days after becoming law, with immediate authorization for agencies to develop implementing rules and regulations
Legislative Description
Relates to authorizing voting by incarcerated individuals in correctional facilities; requires the department of corrections and community supervision, in collaboration with the state and county boards of election, to establish a program to facilitate incarcerated individuals voter registration and voting.
Last Action
referred to election law
1/7/2026
Committee Referrals
Election Law2/10/2025
Full Bill Text
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