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History
- Referred to election law
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.153
- Referred to elections
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to election law
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
Show 4 earlier actions
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.435
- Referred to elections
Companion bill
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Relates to authorizing registration records of victims of sexual violence to be kept confidential in certain cases
In Assembly Committee · Election Law · Sponsor Fred Thiele
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S3131
Title of bill
An act to amend the election law, in relation to authorizing registration records of victims of sexual violence to be kept confidential in certain cases
Purpose or general idea of bill
This bill allows victims of sexual violence protection against their attacker by enabling them to have their voter records sealed. The victim is able to do this by petitioning the supreme court for the county where the victim is registered, who may then issue an order requiring confidentiality of the records.
Summary of provisions
Section One amends section 5-508 of the election law, adding paragraph (c) to define "victim of sexual violence" as any person who is a victim of any offense under article one hundred thirty of the penal law.
Section Two amends subdivision 3 of section 5-508 of the election law to allow victims of domestic violence to apply to the supreme court in the county where the victim is registered to vote. The court may then issue an order that the victim's registration file be kept separate and not be available for inspection or copying, except by an election official when pertinent and necessary in connection with their official duties. This section also adds a new subdivision 3 to allow the same protection to victims of sexual violence.
Section Three is the effective date.
Justification
Under current law, victims of domestic violence may petition the supreme court to have their voter records sealed. Upon receipt of this application, the court may issue an order that the victim's information will be kept separate from the records which are available for public inspection.
This bill extends that protection to victims of sexual violence to whom anonymity is not currently provided. It is equally important for victims of these heinous crimes to be protected from their attackers, and this legislation closes the gap in the current law to allow sexual violence victims the same protection as victims of domestic violence so that they too can feel secure in registering to vote.
Legislative history
2012 -- Passed Senate 2014 -- Passed Senate
Fiscal implications
None noted
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law.
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