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NY A10385
Bill
Status
3/3/2026
Primary Sponsor
Maryjane Shimsky
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AI Summary
Summary of A10385 - Protect Our Polls (P.O.P.) Act
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Prohibits any person from enforcing or conspiring to enforce federal immigration laws within 200 feet of polling places, county elections offices, ballot counting locations, or mail-in ballot drop-off sites
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Extends the existing electioneering prohibition zone from 100 feet to 200 feet around polling places and registration locations, including outdoor and curbside ballot drop-off areas
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Authorizes county elections officials to extend polling hours if voting was disrupted by immigration enforcement or electioneering violations, with votes cast during extended hours to be provisional ballots
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Removes the firearm exemption for current and retired federal law enforcement officers who are present at polling places for purposes of violating the immigration enforcement prohibition
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Violations constitute misdemeanors, with civil enforcement available through the attorney general or aggrieved parties seeking damages; the act expires January 1, 2030
Legislative Description
Prohibits the enforcement of federal immigration laws while within two hundred feet of specified voting locations; extends the prohibition on electioneering activities to within two hundred feet of the specified voting location; authorizes a county elections official to extend the time for closing the polls at any polling place if the county elections official determines that voting at the polling place was disrupted as a result of a violation of the prohibitions on enforcement of federal immigration laws or electioneering; limits the exceptions to the prohibition on carrying firearms in a sensitive location; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.
Last Action
referred to election law
3/3/2026