Bill Commons

NY A 4449

in committee

Relates to prohibiting ballot harvesting

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 4449 pass?

Not yet. NY A 4449 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

What is NY A 4449 about?

Prohibits ballot harvesting; prohibits a person from submitting an application for an absentee ballot on behalf of a voter without notarized consent; permits family members, caregivers and other officials to submit applications.

Who sponsors NY A 4449?

Andrew Molitor is the primary sponsor of NY A 4449, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Description

Prohibits ballot harvesting; prohibits a person from submitting an application for an absentee ballot on behalf of a voter without notarized consent; permits family members, caregivers and other officials to submit applications.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Andrew Molitorprimary
  • Jeff Gallahancosponsor
  • Robert Smullencosponsor
  • Joe DeStefanocosponsor
  • John Lemondescosponsor
  • Kenneth Blankenbushcosponsor
  • Keith Browncosponsor
  • Jodi Gigliocosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-04

    REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 10631not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 4929not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 1966not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 1445

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A4449?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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