New York A 2358: Authorizes absentee voting for religious observance or practice

Bill Text

Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Skip to main content 

 New York State Assembly

 Speaker Carl E. Heastie

 --> 
 --> 

 --> 

• 
 Assembly Members 

• 
 Legislative Info 

• 
 Public Hearings 

• 
 Speaker's Press 

• 
 Assembly Reports 

• 
 Committees & More 

• Bill Search Home
• Laws
• Legislative Calendar
• Public Hearing Schedule
• Assembly Calendars
• Assembly Committee Agenda 

 Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. 

 Bill No.: 

• Summary 
• Actions 
• Committee&nbspVotes 
• Floor&nbspVotes 
• Memo 
• Text 
• LFIN 
• Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript 
A02358 Summary:

BILL NOA02358 

&nbsp

SAME ASSAME AS S05346

&nbsp

SPONSOREichenstein

&nbsp

COSPNSR

&nbsp

MLTSPNSR

&nbsp

Amd §8-400, El L

&nbsp

Provides that a qualified voter may receive an absentee ballot if such voter is unable to appear personally at the polling place of the election district in which such individual is a qualified voter because of a religious observance or practice.

Go to top A02358 Actions:

BILL NOA02358 

&nbsp

01/16/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026referred to election law

Go to topA02358 Committee&nbspVotes:

Go to topA02358 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA02358 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2358

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. EICHENSTEIN -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Election Law

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to authorizing absentee
 voting for religious observance

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 8-400 of the election law, as
 2 amended by chapter 63 of the laws of 2010 and paragraph (c) as amended
 3 by chapter 375 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
 4 1. A qualified voter may vote as an absentee voter under this chapter
 5 if, on the occurrence of any village election conducted by the board of
 6 elections, primary election, special election, general election or New
 7 York city community school board district or city of Buffalo school
 8 district election, [he or she] such person expects to be:
 9 (a) absent from the county of [his or her] residence, or, if a resi-
 10 dent of the city of New York absent from said city; or
 11 (b) unable to appear personally at the polling place of the election
 12 district in which [he or she] such person is a qualified voter because
 13 of illness or physical disability or duties related to the primary care
 14 of one or more individuals who are ill or physically disabled, or
 15 because [he or she] such person will be or is a patient in a hospital;
 16 or
 17 (c) a resident or patient of a veterans health administration hospi-
 18 tal; or
 19 (d) absent from [his or her] their voting residence because [he or
 20 she] such person is detained in jail awaiting action by a grand jury or
 21 awaiting trial, or confined in jail or prison after a conviction for an
 22 offense other than a felony, provided that [he or she] such person is
 23 qualified to vote in the election district of [his or her] residence[.];
 24 or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02980-01-5

 A. 2358 2

 1 (e) unable to appear personally at the polling place of the election
 2 district in which such person is a qualified voter because of a reli-
 3 gious observance or practice.
 4 § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026 and shall apply to any
 5 general, primary, run-off primary, or special election held thereafter.

Go to top 

• 

 Sitemap 

 Request Information 

 Directions and Maps