NY A06853 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on March 13 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-06 - referred to correction
Pending: Assembly Correction Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Summary

To insure that an individual, who is a citizen of the United States, shall be informed of his/her right to participate in the voting process, once the individual has completed his/her sentence of incarceration and/or parole.

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Title

Requires the department of correctional service to provide every person completing a sentence of imprisonment for a felony, with written notice of such person's eligibility to register to vote and to vote after such discharge from prison; requires the board of parole to provide every person discharged from parole or conditional discharge, with written notice of such person's eligibility to register to vote and to vote after such discharge.

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History

DateChamberAction
2010-01-06 referred to correction
2009-05-27 print number 6853a
2009-05-27 amend and recommit to correction
2009-03-13 referred to correction

Same As/Similar To

S3559-A (Same As) 2010-02-08 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

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Bill Comments

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