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A07716 Summary:

BILL NOA07716 

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SPONSORVanel

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Directs the state board of elections to study and evaluate the use of blockchain technology to protect voter records and election results.

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04/08/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7716

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 8, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT directing the study of the use of blockchain technology to
 protect voter records and election results

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

 1 Section 1. a. The state board of elections, in consultation with, and
 2 using data collected by, the office of information technology services,
 3 shall study and evaluate the use of blockchain technology to protect
 4 voter records and election results.
 5 b. For purposes of this act, "blockchain technology" shall mean
 6 distributed ledger technology that uses a distributed, decentralized,
 7 shared and replicated ledger, which may be public or private, permis-
 8 sioned or permissionless, or driven by tokenized crypto economics or
 9 tokenless. The data on the ledger is protected with cryptography, is
 10 immutable and auditable and provides an uncensored truth.
 11 § 2. No later than one year after the effective date of this act, the
 12 state board of elections shall submit to the governor and the legisla-
 13 ture a report on the use of blockchain technology, as described under
 14 subdivision a of section one of this act. Such board shall consider the
 15 use of blockchain technology in other formats and in other states when
 16 creating such report.
 17 § 3. The state board of elections shall evaluate such data with the
 18 assistance of experts in:
 19 a. blockchain technology;
 20 b. voter fraud;
 21 c. cyber security;
 22 d. voter records; and
 23 e. election results.
 24 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11434-01-5

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