Bill Commons

NY A 8697

in committee

Relates to the voting age

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 8697 pass?

Not yet. NY A 8697 is in committee as of 2026-01-30 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-30): OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

What is NY A 8697 about?

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

Who sponsors NY A 8697?

Robert C. Carroll is the primary sponsor of NY A 8697, joined by 12 cosponsors.

Description

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

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-30 — OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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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 6840not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 2800not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 611not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 330not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 9811

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A8697?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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