Bill Text: NY S01837 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 1837 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits sex offenders who are on parole and in civil confinement from voting in certain elections.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S01837 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01837-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1837
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 16, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sens.  TEDISCO,  AMEDORE,  FUNKE, HELMING, ORTT, SEWARD,
          YOUNG -- read twice and  ordered  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
          committed to the Committee on Finance
        AN  ACT  to amend the executive law and the election law, in relation to
          prohibiting sex offenders who are on parole and in  civil  confinement
          from voting in certain elections
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new  section  18-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  18-a. Restriction on voting rights. A person who has been convicted
     4  of an offense described in article one hundred thirty of the  penal  law
     5  who has been: (i) discharged from imprisonment, by virtue of any parole,
     6  conditional  pardon  or  conditional commutation of his or her sentence;
     7  and (ii) is committed to civil imprisonment in a hospital or institution
     8  shall be prohibited from voting in any election held during the time  of
     9  his or her confinement to such hospital or institution.
    10    §  2.  Section  5-106  of  the election law is amended by adding a new
    11  subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
    12    4-a. Notwithstanding the provisions of  subdivisions  two,  three  and
    13  four  of  this  section,  a  person who has been convicted of an offense
    14  described in article one hundred thirty of the penal law who  has  been:
    15  (i)  discharged  from imprisonment, by virtue of any parole, conditional
    16  pardon or conditional commutation of his or her sentence;  and  (ii)  is
    17  committed  to  civil  imprisonment in a hospital or institution shall be
    18  prohibited from voting in any election held during the time  of  his  or
    19  her confinement to such hospital or institution.
    20    §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    21  have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment  and/or
    22  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    23  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
    24  on or before such date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06474-01-9