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S 440

New York Senate bill in Session 2025-2026.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: April 21, 2026.

Relates to voting rights and access for incarcerated individuals.

Bill ID NY-2025-2026-S-440
Session 2025-2026
Status in_committee
Committee Crime Victims, Crime And Correction
Senate in_committee 2026-04-21
Elections / Voting
Summary

Relates to voting rights and access for incarcerated individuals; authorizes polling places to be available at correctional facilities and local facilities; requires such facilities to provide persons detained or confined in such facilities access to register to vote or apply for an absentee ballot; requires voting information to be included in the inmate handbook.

Sponsor
Zellnor Myrie
Official Source Back to Bills
Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
2024-12-31 Introduced Bill introduced
2026-04-21 Status in_committee
2026-04-21 Latest Action In Senate Committee
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