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2019 LEGISLATIVE SESSION

 

SENATE ELECTIONS COMMITTEE
Senate Rule VII, §1  7 members -- 3 of whom are lawyers
former stipends pursuant to Legislative Law §5-a(1): chair-$12,500; ranker-$9,000

Chair: Zellnor Myrie, ESQ.
Ranking Member: Rich Funke
Brian Kavanagh, ESQ.; Rachel May; Shelley Mayer, ESQ.;
Patty Richie; Julia Salazar

2019 BILLS --
public campaign financing

S.2303 -- Jan. 23, 2019 -- (Kavanagh)  [NO SAME AS]
district attorneys & supreme court justices

S.2516 -- Jan. 25, 2019 -- (Krueger, Liu)  [NO SAME AS]
constitutional convention delegates

2019 BILLS --
fusion/cross-endorsements
: ZERO


MEETINGS -- 2019

January 14, 2019 (12:48); February 4, 2019 (8:13); February 26, 2019 (9:04);

April 8, 2019 meeting (10:33); May 7, 2019 meeting (5:57);  May 14, 2019 meeting (4:41)

May 21, 2019 meeting (7:27); May 29, 2019 meeting  (7:58)


HEARINGS -- 2019

March 20, 2019 hearing on campaign finance reform
& small donor public financing system (4:42:22)

May 30, 2019 hearing on automatic voter registration  (3:43:19)



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ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE
ON ELECTION LAW

Assembly Rule IV, §1(a) -- 16 members -- 9 of whom are lawyers
former stipends pursuant to Legislative Law §5-a(1): chair-$12,500; ranker-$9,000


Chair:  Charles Lavine, ESQ.
Ranking Member: 
Michael Norris, ESQ.
Michael Blake, Karl Brabenec; David Buchwald, ESQ; Robert Carroll, ESQ.;Anthony D'Urso;
Jeffrey Dinowitz, ESQ.; Sandy Galef, Jonathan Jacobson, ESQ.; Joseph Lentol, ESQ., Barbara Lifton,
John Mikulin, ESQ; Chris Tague, Al Taylor; Latrice Walker, ESQ.


2019 BILLS --
public campaign financing

A.427 -- Jan 9, 2019  (Abinanti, Galef, Thiele, Epstein, Stirpe, Montesano) [NO SAME AS]
public campaign financing for attorney general

A.1674 -- Jan. 16, 2019 (Abinanti, Galef, Thiele, Epstein, Stirpe, Montesano) [NO SAME AS]
public campaign financing for attorney general


2019 BILLS --
fusion/cross-endorsements: 
ZERO


Assembly Election Law Committee 2019 meeting agendas:
Jan 14, Jan 28, Jan 29, Feb 27, March 12, May 1, May 22, June 5, June 12, June 17



January 14, 2019 Assembly press release

March 13, 2019
"Assembly Budget Includes Critical Funding to Implement Election Reforms"


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THE FY2019-20 BUDGET
& The Board of Elections: 


Governor's State Operations Budget Bill S.1500/A.2000 -- FULL BILL
excerpt -- pp. 1-2, 134-139

Governor's Amended State Operations Budget Bill S.1500-A/A.2000-A -- FULL BILL
excerpt -- pp. 1-2, 157-162

Senate "Amended" State Operations Budget Bill S.1500-B -- FULL BILL
excerpt -- pp. 1-2, 166-173

Assembly "Amended" State Operations Budget Bill A.2000-B -- FULL BILL
excerpt -- pp. 1-2, 155-161

"
Three-Men-in-a-Room" "Amended" State Operations Budget Bill S.1500-D/A.2000-D -- FULL BILL
excerpt -- pp. 1-2, 155-161



Legislature's February 11, 2019 budget hearing
on local government officials/general government
(Board of Elections)


April 12, 2019 Assembly summary of changes -- Board of Elections

April 12, 2019 Gov Cuomo legislative vetoes -- Board of Elections

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HISTORY


Senate Elections Committee

Annual Reports
 2018 - Dec. 27, 2018    2017 - Jan. 29, 2018

CJA's September 16, 2019 FOIL/records request to Senate --
"Annual Reports of the Senate Committee on Elections: 2008-2018"

Hearings


Assembly Election Law Committee

Annual Reports since 2008

Hearings since 2005

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PAST PUBLIC CAMPAIGN FINANCE BILLS

A.11299 -- 2017

A.9281 -- introduced February 10, 2016  -- "NO SAME AS" --
"Legislative History: This is a new bill, based upon A4980-E of 2014 (Silver)"


A.4980 -- introduced February 13, 2013 (Silver)
"Legislative History: A9885--D of 2012 & A8902--A of 2009

   SAME AS
S
.4705 -- introduced April 18, 2013 (Stewart-Cousins)


A.9885 -- introduced April 19, 2012

Fostering A Vibrant Democracy Through Election Reforms -- May 6, 2009
May 28 notice

A.8902 -- June 13, 2009 (died in Senate)


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June 3, 2009 notice of public hearing   June 2, 2009 notice

April 30, 2013announcement

May 7, 2013 hearing

April 20, 2010 hearing

April 23, 2010 hearing

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OTHER BILLS OF INTEREST -- 2019 Legislative Session:

A.113 (Buchwald, Lavine) referred to Election Law Committee

S.167 -- (Myrie, Biaggi, Krueger, Metzger, Skoufis)  & here
passed Senate & referred to Election Law Committee


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DIVISION OF THE BUDGET -- Governor's Executive Submission

The Public Campaign Financing Part B
of Governor Cuomo's "Good Government & Ethics Reform
Article VII Legislation"

Memorandum in Support -- Part B

S.1510/A.2010 --  Senate actions   Assembly actions
Gov introduced: Jan 18, 2019
referred to Senate Finance & Assembly Ways & Means

S.1510-a/A.2010-a  narrative  amendments
 Gov-amended: Feb 19, 2019
referred to Senate Finance & Assembly Ways & Means

 S.1510-b --
Senate Finance Committee-"amended": March 12, 2019
REMOVED PART B


March 13, 2019 Senate One-House Resolution -- excerpt

 

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Early Voting S.1102

 

 

 

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