Bill Text: NY A06038 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts the voter registration integrity act; requires a birth certificate, passport, certificate of naturalization or citizenship, evidence of New York state residency, or any other documentation that the board of elections determines establishes United States citizenship.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to election law [A06038 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06038-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6038

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 31, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of A. GOODELL, MAHER, K. BROWN, BRABENEC, MANKTELOW,
          HAWLEY, LEMONDES, BENDETT, MORINELLO, TAGUE, DeSTEFANO --  Multi-Spon-
          sored by -- M. of A. BYRNES -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Election Law

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the election law, in relation to enacting the "voter
          registration integrity act"

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

     1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
     2  the "voter registration integrity act".
     3    § 2. Section 5-210 of the election law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     4  subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
     5    5-a.  In addition to documentation of New York residency, the board of
     6  elections shall require that each first-time voter registration applica-
     7  tion include one of the following:
     8    (a)  an original or certified copy of a birth certificate establishing
     9  United States citizenship;
    10    (b) a valid United States passport;
    11    (c) a certificate of naturalization or citizenship; or
    12    (d) such other documentation that the board  of  elections  determines
    13  establishes United States citizenship.
    14    § 3. Clause (D) of subparagraph (viii) of paragraph (k) of subdivision
    15  5 of section 5-210 of the election law, as amended by chapter 536 of the
    16  laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
    17    (D)  a  copy  of  a  current  utility bill, bank statement, government
    18  check, paycheck or other government document that  shows  the  name  and
    19  address of the voter; and
    20    (E)  in addition to documentation of New York residency, a copy of one
    21  of the following:
    22    (1) an original or certified copy of a birth certificate  establishing
    23  United States citizenship;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (2) a valid United States passport;
     2    (3) a certificate of naturalization or citizenship; or
     3    (4)  such  other  documentation that the board of elections determines
     4  establishes United States citizenship.
     5    § 4. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
     6  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
     7  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
     8  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
     9  on or before such effective date.