Senate Bill S5101

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to early voting for certain special elections

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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-S5101 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5834
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-600, El L

2025-S5101 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that early voting for any special election held on April 29, 2025 shall begin on April 21, 2025 and end on April 27, 2025; provides that the duration for early voting hours for any special election held on April 29, 2025 shall be equal to or greater than the minimum number of total hours otherwise required.

2025-S5101 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5101 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5101
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 18, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GONZALEZ -- 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  early  voting  for
   certain  special  elections;  and  providing  for  the  repeal of such
   provisions upon expiration thereof

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 8-600 of the election law is amended by adding two
 new subdivisions 2-a and 4-a to read as follows:
   2-A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, EARLY
 VOTING FOR ANY SPECIAL ELECTION HELD ON THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY OF APRIL IN
 THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE SHALL BEGIN ON THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY OF
 APRIL IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE, AND SHALL END ON  THE  TWEN-
 TY-SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE.
   4-A.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE
 DURATION FOR EARLY VOTING HOURS FOR ANY SPECIAL  ELECTION  HELD  ON  THE
 TWENTY-NINTH DAY OF APRIL IN THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE SHALL BE,
 IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION, EQUAL TO OR
 GREATER THAN THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF TOTAL  HOURS  OTHERWISE  REQUIRED  BY
 THIS SECTION.
   §  2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire December
 31, 2025 when upon such  date  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be
 repealed.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10023-01-5

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