Senate Bill S3191

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits early voting on federal holidays

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections 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-S3191 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2098
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-600, El L

2025-S3191 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2025-S3191 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3191 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3191
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 24, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. FERNANDEZ -- 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 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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