NY A02445 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-06 - referred to election law
Pending: Assembly Election Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 15 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-06 - referred to election law
Pending: Assembly Election Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
This bill would restore voting rights to parolees, to facilitate community reintegration and participation in the civic process, rather than requiring a parolee to wait until he or she has been discharged from parole or reached the maximum expiration date of the sentence.
Title
An act to amend the election law and the executive law, in relation to voting by convicted felons
Sponsors
| Asm. Barbara Clark [D] | Sen. Brian Kavanagh [D] | Asm. Alan Maisel [D] | Asm. Daniel O'Donnell [D] |
| Asm. Jose Rivera [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-01-06 | referred to election law | |
| 2009-01-15 | referred to election law |
Same As/Similar To
S4643 (Same As) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
