NY S04786 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Introduced on March 1 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-06-04 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
Pending: Senate Rules 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

2018-06-04 - Senate - Senate Elections Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-05-01 - Senate - Senate Elections Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2018-06-04SenateREPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
2018-01-03SenateREFERRED TO ELECTIONS
2017-06-21SenateCOMMITTED TO RULES
2017-05-03SenateADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2017-05-02Senate2ND REPORT CAL.
2017-05-01Senate1ST REPORT CAL.683
2017-03-01SenateREFERRED TO ELECTIONS

Same As/Similar To

A04961 (Same As) 2018-01-03 - ordered to third reading cal.354

New York State Sources


Bill Comments

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