New York S 1265: Relates to tax preparation and voter registration software

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S01265 Summary:

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SPONSORPERSAUD

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §171, Tax L; add §5-231, El L

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Requires that all electronic tax preparation software offered for sale in the state of New York include a prompt providing a link to users of such software to a New York state voter registration application website.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1265

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
 ment Operations

 AN ACT to amend the tax law and the election law, in relation to requir-
 ing tax preparation software to provide a link to voter registration
 websites

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

 1 Section 1. Section 171 of the tax law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision twenty-ninth to read as follows:
 3 Twenty-ninth. Require that all electronic income tax preparation soft-
 4 ware offered for sale or use in the state of New York include a prompt
 5 providing a link to users of such software to a New York state voter
 6 registration application website pursuant to section 5-231 of the
 7 election law.
 8 § 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 5-231 to read
 9 as follows:
 10 § 5-231. Electronic income tax voter registration. The department of
 11 taxation and finance, in consultation with the state board of elections,
 12 shall require that all electronic income tax preparation software
 13 offered for sale or use in the state of New York include a prompt to
 14 users of such software which shall provide a link to a New York state
 15 voter registration application website.
 16 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 17 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03872-01-5

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