NY S03447 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Engrossed on June 12 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-07-21 - referred to election law
Pending: Assembly Election Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Provides that absentee ballots for all elections shall be made available in Braille and large print, upon request of a blind or visually impaired voter no less than 30 days prior to each election day.

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Title

Provides that absentee ballots for all elections shall be made available in Braille and large print, upon request of a blind or visually impaired voter no less than 30 days prior to each election day.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2020-07-21 - Senate - Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage (Y: 59 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-10 - Senate - Senate Elections Committee Vote (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-06-12 - Senate - Senate Rules Committee Vote (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-06-12 - Senate - Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage (Y: 62 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2020-07-21Assemblyreferred to election law
2020-07-21SenateDELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2020-07-21SenatePASSED SENATE
2020-02-12SenateADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2020-02-11Senate2ND REPORT CAL.
2020-02-10Senate1ST REPORT CAL.374
2020-01-08SenateREFERRED TO ELECTIONS
2020-01-08Assemblyreturned to senate
2020-01-08Assemblydied in assembly
2019-06-12Assemblyreferred to election law
2019-06-12SenateDELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2019-06-12SenatePASSED SENATE
2019-06-12SenateORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1295
2019-06-12SenateCOMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
2019-02-07SenateREFERRED TO ELECTIONS

Same As/Similar To

A04247 (Same As) 2020-01-08 - referred to election law

New York State Sources


Bill Comments

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