Bill Commons

NY A 8697

in committee

Relates to the voting age

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Provides that the voting age in New York be 16 years old.

Introduced
Status date
Latest action
2026-01-30 — OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Robert C. Carrollprimary
  • William Coltoncosponsor
  • Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyncosponsor
  • Rebecca Seawrightcosponsor
  • Alicia Hyndmancosponsor
  • Jeffrey Dinowitzcosponsor
  • Latrice Walkercosponsor
  • Jo Anne Simoncosponsor
  • Crystal Peoples-Stokescosponsor
  • Andrew Hevesicosponsor
  • Harvey Epsteincosponsor
  • Manny De Los Santoscosponsor
  • Tony Simonecosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-05-30

    REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-06-02

    TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION

  3. 2025-06-25

    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

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 6840
  • Prior session: A 2800not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 611
  • Prior session: A 330
  • Companion bill: S 9811

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Attribution

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

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