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Senate bill · S1687 (2025-26)

Moves the date of the presidential primary to the same date as the state primaries

New York State Senate

Same as A5058, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Latest action Dec 1, 2025

Sponsor: James Skoufis (State Senator, District 42, Democratic)

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From NY Open Legislation, the NY Senate and Assembly, and official rosters. This record was last updated Oct 17, 2026. About our data

Summary

Moves the date of the presidential primary to the same date as the state primaries.

Summary from NY Open Legislation. How we handle summaries

Amends the Election Law.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

To consolidate the presidential primary to the same date as the already scheduled federal, state, and local primaries on the fourth Tuesday in June.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Where it stands

Assigned to a committee for review.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Up for a vote
  4. Passed one chamber
  5. Passed
  6. Enacted

Committee

Elections · New York State Senate

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The sponsor's argument

Why James Skoufis says this is needed

This legislation will permanently move the presidential primary to the fourth Tuesday in June, the same date as the already scheduled federal, state, and local primaries. Consolidating the primaries to a single date in June will save millions of dollars by avoiding the need to hold two primaries in less than two months. Additionally, having the primaries on the same day will likely increase voter turnout.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

  1. Dec 1, 2025

    Recommit, Enacting Clause Stricken

    RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN

    NY Senate

  2. Jan 13, 2025

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

    NY Senate

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