Bill Text: NY S09142 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-07-27 - REFERRED TO RULES [S09142 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S09142-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9142
                    IN SENATE
                                      July 27, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  TEDISCO, FUNKE, ORTT, SEWARD, YOUNG -- read twice
          and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
          on Rules
        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 on or before
    24  such date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16421-02-8