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NY A 5051

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Requires that candidates for certain offices be residents and registered voters in the district containing the public office or party position sought at certain times during the electoral process

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did NY A 5051 pass?

Not yet. NY A 5051 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

What is NY A 5051 about?

Requires that candidates for certain offices be residents and registered voters in the district containing the public office or party position sought at certain times during the electoral process.

Who sponsors NY A 5051?

Jonathan Jacobson is the primary sponsor of NY A 5051, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Requires that candidates for certain offices be residents and registered voters in the district containing the public office or party position sought at certain times during the electoral process.

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

  • Jonathan Jacobsonprimary
  • Christopher Eachuscosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-11

    REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 8184not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 1277not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A5051?summary=&detail=

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