Bill Commons

NY S 5195

in committee

Relates to the composition of boards of elections

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 5195 pass?

Not yet. NY S 5195 is in committee as of 2026-02-03 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-02-03): OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

What is NY S 5195 about?

Relates to the composition of boards of elections; provides that such boards shall have other qualifications for performing their duties as the legislature may direct.

Who sponsors NY S 5195?

Brian Kavanagh is the primary sponsor of NY S 5195.

Description

Relates to the composition of boards of elections; provides that such boards shall have other qualifications for performing their duties as the legislature may direct.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-02-03 — OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Brian Kavanaghprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-19

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-20

    TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

  3. 2025-03-12

    OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-01-08

    TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

  6. 2026-02-03

    OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

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  • Prior session: S 7884not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 7035not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2368not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3094not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 667not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 400

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S5195?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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