New York S 160: Authorizes voting by incarcerated people

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S00160 Summary:

BILL NOS00160 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSALAZAR

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COSPNSRPARKER, SEPULVEDA, BRISPORT, CLEARE, COMRIE, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, MYRIE,
 RAMOS, RIVERA

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Art 2 §§1 & 3, Constn

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Relates to authorizing voting by incarcerated people.

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BILL NOS00160 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

01/08/2025TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

01/31/2025OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

01/07/2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

01/08/2026TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

02/03/2026OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 160

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. SALAZAR, PARKER, SEPULVEDA, BRISPORT, CLEARE,
 FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, MYRIE, RAMOS, RIVERA --
 read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Judiciary

 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

 proposing an amendment to sections 1 and 3 of article 2 of the constitu-
 tion, in relation to authorizing voting by incarcerated people

 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 1 of arti-
 2 cle 2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
 3 Section 1. Every citizen, including any incarcerated person in a
 4 correctional facility, shall be entitled to vote at every election for
 5 all officers elected by the people and upon all questions submitted to
 6 the vote of the people provided that such citizen is eighteen years of
 7 age or over and shall have been a resident of this state, and of the
 8 county, city, or village for thirty days next preceding an election.
 9 § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 3 of article 2 of
 10 the constitution be amended to read as follows:
 11 § 3. No person who shall receive, accept, or offer to receive, or pay,
 12 offer or promise to pay, contribute, offer or promise to contribute to
 13 another, to be paid or used, any money or other valuable thing as a
 14 compensation or reward for the giving or withholding a vote at an
 15 election, or who shall make any promise to influence the giving or with-
 16 holding any such vote, or who shall make or become directly or indirect-
 17 ly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the result of any
 18 election, shall vote at such election; and upon challenge for such
 19 cause, the person so challenged, before the officers authorized for that
 20 purpose shall receive [his or her] such person's vote, shall swear or
 21 affirm before such officers that [he or she] such person has not
 22 received or offered, does not expect to receive, has not paid, offered
 23 or promised to pay, contributed, offered or promised to contribute to
 24 another, to be paid or used, any money or other valuable thing as a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD89006-01-5

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 1 compensation or reward for the giving or withholding a vote at such
 2 election, and has not made any promise to influence the giving or with-
 3 holding of any such vote, nor made or become directly or indirectly
 4 interested in any bet or wager depending upon the result of such
 5 election. [The legislature shall enact laws excluding from the right of
 6 suffrage all persons convicted of bribery or of any infamous crime.]
 7 § 3. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment
 8 be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
 9 next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in
 10 conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be
 11 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.

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