New York S 440: Relates to the minimum age to be able to ride in the front seat of a motor vehicle

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S00440 Summary:

BILL NOS00440A

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SAME ASSAME AS A02121-A

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SPONSORMYRIE

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COSPNSRBRISPORT, BROUK, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, JACKSON, LIU, MAY,
 MAYER, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, SUTTON, ZELLNER

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§8-109 & 8-415, amd §17-208, El L; amd §§75 & 510, Cor L; amd §§1057-a & 3202, NYC Chart

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Relates to voting rights and access for incarcerated individuals; authorizes polling places to be available at correctional facilities and local facilities; requires such facilities to provide persons detained or confined in such facilities access to register to vote or apply for an absentee ballot; requires voting information to be included in the inmate handbook.

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BILL NOS00440A

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

04/21/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

06/02/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

06/02/2026PRINT NUMBER 440A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 440--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. MYRIE, BRISPORT, BROUK, CLEARE, COMRIE, COONEY,
 GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, JACKSON, LIU, MAY, MAYER,
 RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, SUTTON, ZELLNER -- read
 twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
 Committee on Elections -- recommitted to the Committee on Elections in
 accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said
 committee and committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and
 Correction -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the election law, the correction law and the New York
 city charter, in relation to voting rights and access for incarcerated
 individuals

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Democracy
 2 During Detention Act".
 3 § 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 8-109 to read
 4 as follows:
 5 § 8-109. Polling places at correctional facilities and local correc-
 6 tional facilities. 1. For purposes of facilitating voting by incarcerat-
 7 ed individuals at correctional facilities and local correctional facili-
 8 ties, as such terms are defined in section two of the correction law,
 9 the board of elections of each county may establish by majority vote, in
 10 lieu of the absentee balloting program set forth in section 8-415 of
 11 this article, a polling place at any such facility for at least three
 12 hours of operation beginning the tenth day prior to any general, prima-
 13 ry, run-off primary pursuant to subdivision one of section 6-162 of this
 14 chapter or special election for any public or party position, and
 15 ending on and including the ninth day prior to such general, primary,
 16 run-off primary or special election for such public office or party

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00107-06-6

 S. 440--A 2

 1 position. Any such polling place shall be established in compliance
 2 with the early voting provisions of paragraphs (d) and (e) of subdivi-
 3 sion four and subdivisions five through eleven of section 8-600 of this
 4 article, section 8-604 of this article regarding registration during
 5 early voting, and subdivision one-a of section 4-104 of this chapter.
 6 Voter access to polling places established pursuant to this section
 7 shall be restricted to voters incarcerated at such facility or related
 8 facilities and voters who are employees of such facilities, who are
 9 registered to vote in the county where such facility is located. All
 10 other eligible voters who are incarcerated at such facility or who are
 11 employees of such facility shall be provided with voter registration
 12 forms and absentee ballot applicat