Bill Commons

NY S 1098

in committee

Requires polls for special town elections to open on otherwise scheduled general election days

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 1098 pass?

Not yet. NY S 1098 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

What is NY S 1098 about?

Requires polls for special town elections to open on otherwise scheduled general election days, as designated by the state board of elections.

Who sponsors NY S 1098?

Rachel May is the primary sponsor of NY S 1098.

Description

Requires polls for special town elections to open on otherwise scheduled general election days, as designated by the state board of elections.

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

  • Rachel Mayprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 7855not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 10502

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S1098?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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