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NY S 5639

in committee

Requires any student graduating from a high school in New York state be provided with a voter registration form

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 5639 pass?

Not yet. NY S 5639 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

What is NY S 5639 about?

Requires any student graduating from a high school in New York state be provided with a voter registration form.

Who sponsors NY S 5639?

Jamaal Bailey is the primary sponsor of NY S 5639.

Description

Requires any student graduating from a high school in New York state be provided with a voter registration form.

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

  • Jamaal Baileyprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-26

    REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-06

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Elections Vote

    2025-05-06 · pass · 5-2

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

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8827not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 6877

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S5639?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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