New York A 7438: Relates to designating every government entity which issues licenses to carry, possess, repair and dispose of firearms as participating agencies for voter registration form distribution and assistance

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A07438 Summary:

BILL NOA07438 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02369

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SPONSORHawley

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COSPNSRMcDonough, DeStefano

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §5-211, El L

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Relates to designating every government entity which issues licenses to carry, possess, repair and dispose of firearms as participating agencies for voter registration form distribution and assistance.

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BILL NOA07438 

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03/27/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7438

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 27, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to designating every
 government entity which issues licenses to carry, possess, repair and
 dispose of firearms as participating agencies for voter registration
 form distribution and assistance

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

 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 5-211 of the election law,
 2 as amended by section 7 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 Each agency designated as a participating agency under the provisions
 5 of this section shall implement and administer a program of distribution
 6 of voter registration forms pursuant to the provisions of this section.
 7 The following offices which provide public assistance and/or provide
 8 state funded programs primarily engaged in providing services to persons
 9 with disabilities are hereby designated as voter registration agencies:
 10 designated as the state agencies which provide public assistance are the
 11 office of children and family services, the office of temporary and
 12 disability assistance and the department of health. Also designated as
 13 public assistance agencies are all agencies of local government that
 14 provide such assistance. Designated as state agencies that provide
 15 programs primarily engaged in providing services to people with disabil-
 16 ities are the department of labor, office for the aging, department of
 17 veterans' services, office of mental health, office of vocational and
 18 educational services for individuals with disabilities, commission on
 19 quality of care for the mentally disabled, office for people with devel-
 20 opmental disabilities, commission for the blind, office of addiction
 21 services and supports, the office of the advocate for the disabled and
 22 all offices which administer programs established or funded by such
 23 agencies. Additional participating agencies designated as voter regis-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02554-01-5

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 1 tration offices are the department of state and the district offices of
 2 the workers' compensation board and every court and law enforcement
 3 agency when such entities are issuing licenses to carry, possess, repair
 4 or dispose of firearms. Such agencies shall be required to offer voter
 5 registration forms to persons upon initial application for services,
 6 upon renewal or recertification for services, participation in activ-
 7 ities or use of facilities of the agency, and upon change of address
 8 relating to such services. Such agencies shall also be responsible for
 9 providing assistance to applicants in completing voter registration
 10 forms, receiving and transmitting the completed application form from
 11 all applicants who wish to have such form transmitted to the appropriate
 12 board of elections. The state board of elections shall, together with
 13 representatives of the United States department of defense, develop and
 14 implement procedures for including recruitment offices of the armed
 15 forces of the United States as voter registration offices when such
 16 offices are so designated by federal law. The state board of elections
 17 shall also make request of the United States Citizenship and Immigration
 18 Services to in