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NY A 559

in committee

Provides for the declination of a designation as a candidate or nomination for a party position under special circumstance

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 559 pass?

Not yet. NY A 559 is in committee as of 2026-02-12 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-02-12): ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.250

What is NY A 559 about?

Provides for the declination of a designation as a candidate or nomination for a party position if the person designated or nominated has received a diagnosis of a serious health condition or has resigned the office for which they are nominated or designated to run for re-election.

Who sponsors NY A 559?

Amy Paulin is the primary sponsor of NY A 559, joined by 11 cosponsors.

Description

Provides for the declination of a designation as a candidate or nomination for a party position if the person designated or nominated has received a diagnosis of a serious health condition or has resigned the office for which they are nominated or designated to run for re-election.

Introduced
Latest action
2026-02-12 — ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.250
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Amy Paulinprimary
  • Linda Rosenthalcosponsor
  • Rebecca Seawrightcosponsor
  • William Coltoncosponsor
  • Carrie Woernercosponsor
  • Jo Anne Simoncosponsor
  • Amanda Septimocosponsor
  • Emily Gallaghercosponsor
  • Chris Burdickcosponsor
  • Anna Kellescosponsor
  • Nader Sayeghcosponsor
  • Jonathan Jacobsoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-23

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTION LAW

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2025-05-23

    PRINT NUMBER 559A

    amendment-passage

  4. 2025-05-28

    REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

    referral-committee

  6. 2026-02-11

    REPORTED

  7. 2026-02-12

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.250

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

  • Prior session: A 9947not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 2736not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 8260

Official source

Attribution

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

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

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