Bill Text: NY S02045 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 2045

NY State Legislature page for S02045

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the notification of county boards of elections of an individual's death and the subsequent removal of such voter's name from the applicable registration roll.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-15 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S02045 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-S02045-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          2045

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 15, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. MURRAY, GALLIVAN, LANZA, PALUMBO, WEIK -- read twice
          and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
          on Health

        AN  ACT to amend the public health law and the election law, in relation
          to notifying county boards of elections of an individual's death

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

     1    Section  1. Subdivision 3 of section 4140 of the public health law, as
     2  amended by chapter 476 of the laws  of  2002,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    3.  The  commissioner  and the department of health of the city of New
     5  York shall deliver to the state board of elections[, at  least  monthly]
     6  immediately,  but no later than seven business days, records in a format
     7  as mutually determined by both agencies, of the names of all persons  of
     8  voting  age  for whom death certificates were issued. Such records shall
     9  be arranged by county of residence and shall include the name, residence
    10  address and birth date of each  such  person.    Upon  receipt  of  such
    11  records,  the state board of elections shall provide such information to
    12  each affected county board of elections immediately but  no  later  than
    13  seven business days.
    14    §  2.  Section  5-400  of  the election law is amended by adding a new
    15  subdivision 3 to read as follows:
    16    3. Upon notification by the state board of elections of  a  registered
    17  voter's death pursuant to subdivision three of section forty-one hundred
    18  forty  of  the  public  health  law,  such voter's registration shall be
    19  cancelled and immediately removed from the registration roll.
    20    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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