Senate Bill S6996

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the dates to file a designating petition

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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-S6996 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1223
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§6-158 & 6-134, El L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A6774

2025-S6996 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the dates to file a designating petition; provides for the repeal of such provisions.

2025-S6996 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6996 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6996
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 28, 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 the  dates  to  file  a
   designating  petition; 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  6-158 of the election law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A. NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  TIME  FIXED  IN  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
 SECTION, FOR THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, SUCH DESIGNATING PETITION
 REQUIRED TO BE FILED BY SUCH SUBDIVISION SHALL BE FILED NOT EARLIER THAN
 THE  THIRTEENTH  MONDAY  BEFORE,  AND  NOT LATER THAN THE TWELFTH MONDAY
 PRECEDING THE PRIMARY ELECTION.
   § 2. Section 6-134 of the election law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
   4-A.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  TIME  FIXED  IN  SUBDIVISION  FOUR OF THIS
 SECTION, FOR THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, A SIGNATURE MADE  EARLIER
 THAN  FORTY-ONE  DAYS  BEFORE THE LAST DAY TO FILE DESIGNATING PETITIONS
 FOR THE PRIMARY ELECTION, OR A SIGNATURE MADE  LATER  THAN  THE  TWELFTH
 THURSDAY PRECEDING THE PRIMARY ELECTION, SHALL NOT BE COUNTED.
   §  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect January 1, 2026 and shall expire
 December 31, 2026 when upon such date the provisions of this  act  shall
 be deemed repealed.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02184-01-5

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