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S 2215: Directs the Queens county board of elections to provide language assistance in Bengali, Punjabi and Hindi.
What S 2215 does, verified January 9, 2026
The Queens County Board of Elections is required to provide written language assistance in Bengali, Punjabi, and Hindi. This assistance will include ballots, signs, voter mailings, employee and volunteer training materials, and information on the board's website. The board must also produce and disseminate a countywide booklet containing voter registration information, instructions on obtaining an absentee ballot, and general voter information in the three specified languages. The board may also include other languages on its website and in the booklet. The act takes effect 120 days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO ELECTIONS (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 2215
- What is the current status of S 2215?
- As of January 9, 2026, S 2215 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO ELECTIONS".
- Did S 2215 pass?
- Not yet. S 2215 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 2215, and where is it now?
- S 2215 was authored by Sen. Leroy Comrie with 3 coauthors. Its committee of record is Senate Elections.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO ELECTIONS |
| Jan. 16, 2025 | REFERRED TO ELECTIONS |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 16, 2025 · 352 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2215 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, KRUEGER, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to directing the Queens county board of elections to provide language assistance in Bengali, Punjabi and Hindi The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 3-507 2 to read as follows: 3 § 3-507. Queens county board of elections; voting materials in Benga- 4 li, Punjabi and Hindi. The Queens county board of elections shall 5 provide written language assistance in the Bengali, Punjabi and Hindi 6 languages pursuant to section two hundred three of the voting rights act 7 of nineteen hundred sixty-five (42 U.S.C. 1973aa-1a). Such language 8 assistance shall include, but not be limited to, ballots, signs, voter 9 mailings, employee and volunteer training materials and information on 10 such board's website. It shall also produce and disseminate countywide a 11 booklet that includes: (a) a voter registration form in English with 12 instructions in Bengali, Punjabi and Hindi; (b) instructions in Bengali, 13 Punjabi and Hindi regarding the criteria and application process for 14 obtaining an absentee ballot; and (c) a section with general voter 15 information in Bengali, Punjabi and Hindi including frequently asked 16 questions. Such board may include other languages on its website and in 17 such booklet. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 19 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 20 ment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the imple- 21 mentation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on 22 or before such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01259-01-5
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