Bill Text: NY S02562 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Provides that the voting age in New York be 16 years old.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-29 - OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S02562 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S02562-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          2562

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 23, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA -- 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 section 1 of article 2 of the constitution, in
          relation to the voting age

     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 shall be entitled to vote at  every  election
     4  for  all officers elected by the people and upon all questions submitted
     5  to the vote of the people  provided  that  such  citizen  is  [eighteen]
     6  sixteen  years  of  age  or  over and shall have been a resident of this
     7  state, and of the county, city, or village for thirty days next  preced-
     8  ing an election.
     9    § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing be referred
    10  to  the  first  regular  legislative  session  convening  after the next
    11  succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in conform-
    12  ity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be published for 3
    13  months previous to the time of such election.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89012-01-3
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