New York 2025 Session Status: Introduced

S440 — Relates to voting rights and access for incarcerated individuals

Last action — In Senate Committee

  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced January 08, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee referral and hearing.

Odds of enactment

Low chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a low chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Stalled 26% · moderate confidence

  • Introduced

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 1 recorded vote so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

In plain language

The bill improves voting access for incarcerated individuals by authorizing polling places in correctional facilities.

This bill allows inmates to vote by providing polling places in correctional facilities and ensuring access to voter registration and absentee ballots. Additionally, it requires voting information to be provided in inmate handbooks.

What this means for you
  • Families: This means families of incarcerated individuals may see their loved ones having greater opportunities to participate in elections.

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.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. PRINT NUMBER 440A

  2. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

  3. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

  4. REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

  5. REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 218 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (218)

218 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Subjects

civil-rights elections
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Frequently asked questions

What does S440 do?
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.
Who sponsors S440?
S440 is sponsored by Zellnor Myrie.
What is the current status of S440?
This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced January 08, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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