New York S 2215: Directs the Queens county board of elections to provide language assistance in Bengali, Punjabi and Hindi

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S02215 Summary:

BILL NOS02215 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00354

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSRKRUEGER, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §3-507, El L

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Directs the Queens county board of elections to provide language assistance in Bengali, Punjabi and Hindi.

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BILL NOS02215 

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01/16/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2215

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, KRUEGER, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO -- read twice
 and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
 on Elections

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to directing the Queens
 county board of elections to provide language assistance in Bengali,
 Punjabi and Hindi

 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 3-507
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 3-507. Queens county board of elections; voting materials in Benga-
 4 li, Punjabi and Hindi. The Queens county board of elections shall
 5 provide written language assistance in the Bengali, Punjabi and Hindi
 6 languages pursuant to section two hundred three of the voting rights act
 7 of nineteen hundred sixty-five (42 U.S.C. 1973aa-1a). Such language
 8 assistance shall include, but not be limited to, ballots, signs, voter
 9 mailings, employee and volunteer training materials and information on
 10 such board's website. It shall also produce and disseminate countywide a
 11 booklet that includes: (a) a voter registration form in English with
 12 instructions in Bengali, Punjabi and Hindi; (b) instructions in Bengali,
 13 Punjabi and Hindi regarding the criteria and application process for
 14 obtaining an absentee ballot; and (c) a section with general voter
 15 information in Bengali, Punjabi and Hindi including frequently asked
 16 questions. Such board may include other languages on its website and in
 17 such booklet.
 18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 19 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 20 ment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the imple-
 21 mentation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on
 22 or before such date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01259-01-5

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