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NY S 7116

in committee

Enacts the voting integrity and verification act of New York (VIVA NY)

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 7116 pass?

Not yet. NY S 7116 is in committee as of 2026-06-05 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-06-05): COMMITTED TO RULES

What is NY S 7116 about?

Enacts the "voting integrity and verification act of New York (VIVA NY)"; provides that each voter is entitled to the use of an individual, voter verifiable paper ballot of the voter's vote and the opportunity to mark it.

Who sponsors NY S 7116?

Cordell Cleare is the primary sponsor of NY S 7116, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Description

Enacts the "voting integrity and verification act of New York (VIVA NY)"; provides that each voter is entitled to the use of an individual, voter verifiable paper ballot of the voter's vote and the opportunity to mark it.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-06-05 — COMMITTED TO RULES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Cordell Cleareprimary
  • Leroy Comriecosponsor
  • José M. Serranocosponsor
  • James Skoufiscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-04-01

    REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-28

    1ST REPORT CAL.1334

  3. 2025-05-29

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  4. 2025-06-04

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  5. 2025-06-13

    COMMITTED TO RULES

    referral-committee

  6. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

    referral-committee

  7. 2026-04-21

    1ST REPORT CAL.793

  8. 2026-04-22

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  9. 2026-04-27

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  10. 2026-06-05

    COMMITTED TO RULES

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Elections Vote

    2025-05-28 · pass · 6-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Kristen Gonzalez: yes
    • Shelley Mayer: yes
    • Zellnor Myrie: yes
    • Mark Walczyk: yes
    • Samra Brouk: yes
    • Brian Kavanagh: yes
    • George Borrello: no

  • Elections Vote

    2026-04-21 · pass · 6-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Kristen Gonzalez: yes
    • Shelley Mayer: yes
    • Zellnor Myrie: yes
    • Mark Walczyk: yes
    • Samra Brouk: yes
    • Brian Kavanagh: yes
    • George Borrello: no

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 6169not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 6287

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S7116?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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