Bill Commons

NY S 440

in committee

Relates to voting rights and access for incarcerated individuals

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did NY S 440 pass?

Not yet. NY S 440 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-06-02): PRINT NUMBER 440A

What is NY S 440 about?

Relates to voting rights and access for incarcerated individuals; authorizes polling places to be available at correctional facilities and local facilities; requires such facilities to provide persons detained or confined in such facilities access to register to vote or apply for an absentee ballot; requires voting information to be included in the inmate handbook.

Who sponsors NY S 440?

Zellnor Myrie is the primary sponsor of NY S 440, joined by 20 cosponsors.

Description

Relates to voting rights and access for incarcerated individuals; authorizes polling places to be available at correctional facilities and local facilities; requires such facilities to provide persons detained or confined in such facilities access to register to vote or apply for an absentee ballot; requires voting information to be included in the inmate handbook.

Introduced
—
Latest action
2026-06-02 — PRINT NUMBER 440A
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • Zellnor Myrieprimary
  • Jabari Brisportcosponsor
  • Samra Broukcosponsor
  • Cordell Clearecosponsor
  • Leroy Comriecosponsor
  • Jeremy Cooneycosponsor
  • Kristen Gonzalezcosponsor
  • Andrew Gounardescosponsor
  • Pete Harckhamcosponsor
  • Michelle Hincheycosponsor
  • Robert Jacksoncosponsor
  • John Liucosponsor
  • Rachel Maycosponsor
  • Shelley Mayercosponsor
  • Jessica Ramoscosponsor
  • Gustavo Riveracosponsor
  • Julia Salazarcosponsor
  • Luis R. Sepúlvedacosponsor
  • José M. Serranocosponsor
  • Sam Suttoncosponsor
  • Jeremy Zellnercosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-06-02

    PRINT NUMBER 440A

    amendment-passage

  2. 2026-06-02

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2026-04-21

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Elections Vote

    2026-04-21 · 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 6875not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 2121

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S440?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=NY&identifier=S 440. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.