New York A 5629: Provides for liability insurer payment of judgment in excess of policy limits when it fails to fairly settle the claim

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A05629 Summary:

BILL NOA05629 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSimon

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COSPNSRShimsky, Seawright, Lunsford, Davila

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§8-400, 8-408 & 17-132, El L

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Establishes who qualifies as an authorized agent of a voter; prohibits an agent of the voter or authorized agent from receiving no more than five absentee ballots for an election; establishes penalties for failing to deliver a ballot and interfering with a voter's marking of a ballot.

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BILL NOA05629 

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02/18/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5629

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 18, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to authorized agents of a
 voter

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

 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph and paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of
 2 section 8-400 of the election law, the opening paragraph as amended by
 3 chapter 746 of the laws of 2021 and paragraph (c) as amended by chapter
 4 481 of the laws of 2023, are amended to read as follows:
 5 A qualified voter desiring to vote at such election as an absentee
 6 voter for any reason specified in subdivision one hereof must make
 7 application for an absentee ballot on a form to be obtained and filed as
 8 provided herein, by letter as provided in paragraph (d) of this subdivi-
 9 sion, or through the electronic absentee ballot application transmittal
 10 system pursuant to section 8-408 of this title. For the purposes of
 11 this subdivision an "agent of the voter" or "authorized agent" shall
 12 mean a person who is a close family member of such voter, such as a
 13 spouse, parent, child or sibling; member of such voter's household; or
 14 holding a power of attorney executed by such qualified voter.
 15 (c) All applications requesting an absentee ballot by mail or through
 16 the electronic absentee ballot application transmittal system must be
 17 received by the board of elections not later than the tenth day before
 18 the election for which a ballot is first requested. Applications for an
 19 absentee ballot that will be delivered in person at the board of
 20 elections to the voter or to an agent of the voter must be received by
 21 such board not later than the day before such election. An agent of the
 22 voter or authorized agent shall be limited to receiving no more than
 23 five absentee ballots for such election.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06686-01-5

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 1 § 2. The opening paragraph of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of
 2 section 8-408 of the election law, as added by chapter 746 of the laws
 3 of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
 4 A voter, agent of the voter or authorized agent as defined in subdivi-
 5 sion two of section 8-400 of this title, shall be able to apply for an
 6 absentee ballot using a personal online voter registration application
 7 submitted through the electronic absentee ballot application transmittal
 8 system when the voter, subject to the provisions set forth in paragraph
 9 (c) of subdivision two of section 8-400 of this title:
 10 § 3. Subdivisions 6 and 9 of section 17-132 of the election law are
 11 amended to read as follows:
 12 6. Being an applicant for an absentee voter's ballot, makes a material
 13 false statement in [his] such person's application, or a person who
 14 makes a material false statement in a medical certificate or an affida-
 15 vit filed in connection with an application for an absentee voter's
 16 ballot, or an agent of a voter or authorized agent as defined in subdi-
 17 vision two of section 8-400 of this chapter who fails to deliver a
 18 ballot that was picked up for a voter or interferes in any manner with a
 19 voter's marking of a ballot; or,
 20 9. Falsely pretends or represents to the inspectors of electi