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Assembly Bill A4165

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prevents municipalities from abridging the election law

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2025-A4165 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7083
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5-106, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A8530, S7596
2023-2024: A3146, S5052

2025-A4165 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prevents municipalities from abridging the election law.

2025-A4165 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4165
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. REILLY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election law, in relation to preventing munici-
   palities from abridging the election law
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Section 5-106 of the election law is amended by adding two
 new subdivisions 7 and 8 to read as follows:
   7. NO PERSON WHO DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO REGISTER FOR  OR  VOTE  AT
 ANY  ELECTION  UNDER  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS CHAPTER AND/OR THE STATE
 CONSTITUTION SHALL HAVE THE  RIGHT  TO  REGISTER  FOR  OR  VOTE  AT  ANY
 ELECTION  GRANTED  TO  SUCH  PERSON  BY A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE
 THROUGH ANY ACTION INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  ANY  AMENDMENT  OF  A
 MUNICIPAL CHARTER OR PASSAGE OF ANY LOCAL LAW.
   8.  NO  PERSON  SHALL  HAVE THEIR RIGHT TO REGISTER FOR OR VOTE AT ANY
 ELECTION ABRIDGED BY A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE THROUGH ANY ACTION
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY AMENDMENT OF A MUNICIPAL  CHARTER  OR
 PASSAGE OF ANY LOCAL LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03350-01-5

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