Relates to early voting for certain special elections

Latest action Mar 7, 2025

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.

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Where it stands

Signed into law.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A5834, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Passed as A5834, the matching Assembly bill.

Amends the Election Law.

Committee

Election Law · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Elections · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

Modifies the hours of early voting for any special elections held on April 29, 2025, to account for religious holidays.

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

Recorded votes

Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateMar 4, 2025Result: passedSenate vote on A5834, the matching Assembly bill.
(53) (8) (0) (2)
Vote: Committee vote · Elections
Senate ElectionsFeb 25, 2025Result: passed
(5) (2) (0) (0)

Cosponsors

Lea Webb

Democratic1

Lea Webb

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why Kristen Gonzalez says this is needed

Millions of New York City residents observe Passover and Easter holi- days, which coincide with the slated early voting period for the April 29 special election. To accommodate these holidays, this bill proposes to modify the early voting period for this election to run from April 21 to April 27 with the requirement that the total number of available hours for early voting remain the same as otherwise required by law. Similar adjustments were made to the early voting period for the 2024 Presidential Primary to account for the Easter holiday.

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

Mar 7, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
NY Assembly
Mar 7, 2025
Signed
SIGNED CHAP.103
NY Assembly
Mar 4, 2025
3RD Reading CAL.412
3RD READING CAL.412
NY Senate
Mar 4, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO SENATE
NY Assembly
Mar 4, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly

Show full history (10 earlier events)

Mar 4, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
Mar 4, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
NY Senate
Mar 4, 2025
Substituted
SUBSTITUTED BY A5834
NY Senate
Mar 3, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
Feb 27, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading CAL.46
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.46
NY Assembly
Feb 26, 2025
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate
Feb 25, 2025
1ST Report CAL.412
1ST REPORT CAL.412
NY Senate
Feb 25, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED
NY Assembly
Feb 21, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW
NY Assembly
Feb 18, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
NY Senate

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