New York A 6772: Provides for automatic voter registration and preregistration for persons applying for certain department of motor vehicles documentation, and for Medicaid enrollees

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A06772 Summary:

BILL NOA06772A

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SAME ASSAME AS S00088-A

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SPONSORReyes

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COSPNSRPheffer Amato, Rosenthal, Clark, Schiavoni, De Los Santos, Steck, Lee, Simone, Meeks, Torres,
 Glick, Burdick, Levenberg, Lunsford, Gallagher, Valdez, Raga, Bores, Tapia, Lasher, Taylor, Kelles,
 Shimsky, Zinerman, Cruz, Jackson, Romero, Lavine, Alvarez, Septimo, Seawright, Simon, Otis, Wright,
 Rajkumar, Paulin, Anderson, Stern, Gibbs, Forrest, Cunningham, Hunter, Stirpe, Woerner, Carroll R,
 Weprin, Davila, McMahon, McDonald, Bronson, Solages, Griffin, Rozic, Santabarbara, Eachus, Conrad,
 Benedetto, Sayegh, Kay, Shrestha, Burroughs, Lupardo, Burke, Dinowitz, Hooks, Gonzalez-Rojas,
 Rivera, Moreno, Bichotte Hermelyn, Magnarelli, Cashman, Powers, Hevesi, Jacobson

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§5-900, 5-902, 5-904 & 5-308, add §§5-901, 5-901-a & 5-901-b, El L

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Provides for automatic voter registration and pre-registration for persons applying for certain department of motor vehicles documentation, and for persons applying for or re-enrolling in Medicaid; allows individuals to decline such automatic registration and pre-registration.

Go to top A06772 Actions:

BILL NOA06772A

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03/13/2025referred to election law

06/06/2025amend and recommit to election law

06/06/2025print number 6772a

01/07/2026referred to election law

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Go to topA06772 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6772--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. REYES, PHEFFER AMATO, O'PHARROW, EPSTEIN, ROSEN-
 THAL, CLARK, SCHIAVONI, DE LOS SANTOS, STECK, LEE, SIMONE, MEEKS,
 TORRES, GLICK, BURDICK, LEVENBERG, LUNSFORD, GALLAGHER, VALDEZ, RAGA,
 BORES, TAPIA, LASHER, TAYLOR, KELLES, SHIMSKY, ZINERMAN, CRUZ, JACK-
 SON, ROMERO, LAVINE, ALVAREZ, SEPTIMO -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Election Law -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to providing for automatic
 voter registration and preregistration for persons applying for
 certain department of motor vehicles documentation, and for Medicaid
 enrollees

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1, paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of subdivision 6
 2 and subdivisions 10 and 13 of section 5-900 of the election law, as
 3 amended by chapter 37 of the laws of 2021, are amended to read as
 4 follows:
 5 1. In addition to any other method of voter registration provided for
 6 by this chapter, state and local agencies designated in subdivisions
 7 thirteen and fourteen of this section shall provide to the state board
 8 of elections voter registration qualification information associated
 9 with each person who submits an application for services or assistance
 10 at such agency, including a renewal, recertification, or reexamination
 11 transaction at such agency, and each person who submits a change of
 12 address or name form. [For the purposes of the department of motor vehi-
 13 cles, "application for services or assistance at such agency" refers
 14 only to an application for a motor vehicle driver's license, a driver's
 15 license renewal or an identification card if such card is issued by the
 16 department of motor vehicles in its normal course of business.] For
 17 purposes of the New York city housing authority "application for
 18 services or assistance at such agency" refers only to applications that

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00006-03-5

 A. 6772--A 2

 1 reach an eligibility interview and reexamination transactions. Such
 2 designated agencies shall ensure agency applications substantially
 3 include all of the elements required by section 5-210 of this article,
 4 including the appropriate attestation, so that persons completing such
 5 applications shall be able to also submit an application to register to
 6 vote through the electronic voter registration transmittal system.