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NY A 8129

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Requires government-issued photo registration for registration and voting

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 8129 pass?

No. NY A 8129 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2026-05-06). Latest recorded action (2026-05-06): HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN ELECTION LAW

What is NY A 8129 about?

Requires a signature and government-issued photo identification for both voter registration and at the time of voting.

Who sponsors NY A 8129?

John K. Mikulin is the primary sponsor of NY A 8129.

Description

Requires a signature and government-issued photo identification for both voter registration and at the time of voting.

Introduced
Latest action
2026-05-06 — HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN ELECTION LAW
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • John K. Mikulinprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-05-01

    REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-07

    TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

  3. 2025-06-02

    OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-01-08

    TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

  6. 2026-01-30

    OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  7. 2026-05-06

    HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN ELECTION LAW

    failure

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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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