New York S 1036: Provides that a voter may register to vote at any residence to which the voter maintains a continuous connection with an intent to remain

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S01036 Summary:

BILL NOS01036 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03152

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SPONSORMYRIE

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COSPNSRFAHY, LIU, RIVERA, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§5-104 & 8-400, El L

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Provides that a voter may register to vote at any residence to which the voter maintains a continuous connection with an intent to remain, including a second home or a vacation home or a home where a student lives while attending a college or university.

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BILL NOS01036 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

01/13/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

01/13/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.6

01/13/2025PASSED SENATE

01/13/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

01/13/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

01/12/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

01/12/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.4

01/12/2026PASSED SENATE

01/12/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

01/12/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1036

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. MYRIE, LIU, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to providing that a voter
 may register to vote at any residence to which the voter maintains a
 continuous connection with an intent to remain

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

 1 Section 1. Section 5-104 of the election law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
 3 3. Nothing in this section shall prevent a voter from registering to
 4 vote from any residence to which the voter maintains a continuous
 5 connection with an intent to remain, including a second or vacation home
 6 or home where a student lives while attending a college or university.
 7 § 2. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 8-400 of the
 8 election law, as amended by chapter 63 of the laws of 2010, is amended
 9 to read as follows:
 10 A qualified voter may vote as an absentee voter under this chapter
 11 from a residence at which the voter is registered to vote, including any
 12 residence to which the voter maintains a continuous connection with an
 13 intent to remain such as a second or vacation home or home where a
 14 student lives while attending a college or university, if, on the occur-
 15 rence of any village election conducted by the board of elections,
 16 primary election, special election, general election or New York city
 17 community school board district or city of Buffalo school district
 18 election, [he or she] such qualified voter expects to be:
 19 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03509-01-5

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