Assembly Bill A2098

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits early voting on federal holidays

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A2098 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3191
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-600, El L

2025-A2098 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits early voting on federal holidays; adds an additional day to the early voting period.

2025-A2098 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2098
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election  law,  in  relation  to  prohibiting  early
   voting on federal holidays
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 8-600  of  the  election  law,  as
 added by chapter 6 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Beginning  the  tenth  day  prior to any general, primary, run-off
 primary pursuant to subdivision one of section 6-162 of this chapter  or
 special  election  for  any  public or party position except for such an
 election held pursuant to title two of article six or article fifteen of
 this chapter, and ending on and including the second day prior  to  such
 general,  primary,  run-off  primary or special election for such public
 office or party position, persons duly registered and eligible  to  vote
 at  such  election shall be permitted to vote as provided in this title.
 WHERE SUCH EARLY VOTING PERIOD INCLUDES A FEDERAL HOLIDAY, EARLY  VOTING
 SHALL  BE  PROHIBITED ON SUCH FEDERAL HOLIDAY AND THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
 SHALL ADD AN ADDITIONAL DAY TO THE EARLY VOTING  PERIOD.  The  board  of
 elections  shall  establish procedures, subject to approval of the state
 board of elections, to ensure that persons who  vote  during  the  early
 voting  period  shall  not be permitted to vote subsequently in the same
 election.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date as the  reversion  of
 subdivision  1  of  section  8-600  of  the  election law as provided in
 section 18 of chapter 474 of the laws of 2023, as amended.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00646-02-5

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