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Senate Bill S437
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 42nd Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
2023-S437 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-S437 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S437REVISED 11/13/23 SPONSOR: SKOUFIS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to moving the date of the presidential primary to the same date as the state primaries PURPOSE: To consolidate the presidential primary to the same date as the already scheduled federal, state, and local primaries on the fourth Tuesday in June. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends section 8-100 of the Election Law to move the presi- dential primary election to the fourth Tuesday in June Section 2: Effective date
2023-S437 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 437 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 4, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, HOYLMAN -- 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 moving the date of the presidential primary to the same date as the state primaries THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 8-100 of the election law, as amended by chapter 5 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: (a) A primary election shall be held on the fourth Tuesday in June before every general election unless otherwise changed by an act of the legislature. Members of the state and county committees and assembly district leaders and associate district leaders and all other party positions to be elected shall be elected at such primary and all nomi- nations for public office required to be made at a primary election in such year shall be made at such primary. In each year in which electors of president and vice president of the United States are to be elected an additional primary election[, to be known as the spring primary,] shall ALSO be held on the [first] FOURTH Tuesday in [February] JUNE unless otherwise changed by an act of the legislature, for the purpose of electing delegates to the national convention. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02190-01-3
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