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A3843Assembly2017-2018 SessionSame asS4112

Register High School Voters

Official title

“Enacts the young adult voter registration act”

Sponsor Luis R. SepúlvedaAD-87+26 co-sponsorsAffects Public Safety & Consumer Affairs
Status
In Senate Committee
Elections
Impact
6/10
Moderate
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 5 of 7

In Senate · Elections

What's happening

The bill requires public high schools in New York to provide voter registration materials and forms to eligible students.

Why it matters

  1. Expanding Civic Engagement Early. By requiring high schools to distribute voter registration forms and materials to eligible students, the bill aims to foster civic participation and encourage lifelong voting habits among young adults.

  2. Reducing Barriers to Registration. Making voter registration forms readily available in high school offices and ensuring students are informed about their availability removes logistical hurdles that can prevent young people from registering.

  3. Targeted Outreach to New Voters. The bill specifically directs schools to provide registration forms to students who will be 18 by the next general election, ensuring that those newly eligible to vote are not overlooked during a critical transition period.

  4. Institutional Accountability. The legislation places responsibility on both school districts and the state education department to coordinate with the board of elections, ensuring consistency and oversight in how forms and information are distributed across all public high schools.

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Register High School Voters

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Luis R. Sepúlveda

Assembly Member · Assembly District 87

History

  1. Referred to elections
  2. Delivered to senate
  3. Passed assembly
  4. Ordered to third reading cal.291
  5. Returned to assembly
  6. Died in senate
  7. Referred to rules
  8. Delivered to senate
  9. Passed assembly
  10. Amended on third reading 3843a
  11. Advanced to third reading cal.337
  12. Reported
Show 2 earlier actions
  1. Reported referred to ways and means
  2. Referred to election law

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

S4112Senate

Register Teens to Vote

In Senate Committee · Elections · Sponsor James Sanders Jr.

Impact 6 · Moderate0% to pass

Full text

2 pagesUnderlined is new[Struck] is removedOfficial text on nysenate.gov ↗

STATE OF NEW YORK

3843--A Cal. No. 337

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 30, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. SEPULVEDA, MOSLEY, LAVINE, RAIA, SOLAGES, MAYER, GOTTFRIED, BLAKE, CRESPO, CARROLL, LUPINACCI, LIFTON, ABINANTI, HARRIS, McDONALD, SIMON, BARRON, ORTIZ, WALLACE, JAFFEE, D'URSO, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRONSON, CROUCH, LOPEZ, RAMOS, RICHARDSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- reported from committee, advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to enacting the young adult voter registration act

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "young adult voter registration act".

§ 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 5-231 to read as follows:

§ 5-231. Young adult voter registration. 1. Registration of voters. Each public high school within the state shall make available during the school year to all students such materials as may be published by the board of elections relating to voter registration and, where appropriate, shall provide applications for registration and enrollment, and may assist in the execution of such applications.

2. Registration of young adults. Each school district shall distribute a voter registration form to any student seventeen years old or older that will be eighteen years old at the time of the next general election.

3. Forms to be available at school. The state education department shall ensure that voter registration forms provided by the board of elections are available in the main or central office of each high school under the jurisdiction of the department for students who wish to

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD02201-04-7

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obtain one. The department shall also ensure that each such high school provides adequate notice to its students of the availability of such forms in its main or central office.

4. Sufficient quantity of forms. The department shall request from the board of elections a sufficient quantity of voter registration forms to meet the requirements of this section.

§ 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law.

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