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S01566 Summary:

BILL NOS01566 

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SPONSORTEDISCO

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COSPNSRHELMING, ORTT

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §18-a, Exec L; amd §5-106, El L

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Prohibits sex offenders who are on parole and in civil confinement from voting in certain elections.

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01/10/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1566

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 10, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. TEDISCO, HELMING, ORTT -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

 AN ACT to amend the executive law and the election law, in relation to
 prohibiting sex offenders who are on parole and in civil confinement
 from voting in certain elections

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

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 18-a
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 18-a. Restriction on voting rights. A person who has been convicted
 4 of an offense described in article one hundred thirty of the penal law
 5 who has been: (i) discharged from imprisonment, by virtue of any parole,
 6 conditional pardon or conditional commutation of such person's sentence;
 7 and (ii) is committed to civil imprisonment in a hospital or institution
 8 shall be prohibited from voting in any election held during the time of
 9 the person's confinement to such hospital or institution.
 10 § 2. Section 5-106 of the election law is amended by adding a new
 11 subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
 12 4-a. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions two, three and
 13 four of this section, a person who has been convicted of an offense
 14 described in article one hundred thirty of the penal law who has been:
 15 (i) discharged from imprisonment, by virtue of any parole, conditional
 16 pardon or conditional commutation of such person's sentence; and (ii) is
 17 committed to civil imprisonment in a hospital or institution shall be
 18 prohibited from voting in any election held during the time of the
 19 person's confinement to such hospital or institution.
 20 § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 21 have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or
 22 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 23 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 24 on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04316-01-5

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