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NY A 5629

in committee

Establishes who qualifies as an authorized agent of a voter

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 5629 pass?

Not yet. NY A 5629 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

What is NY A 5629 about?

Establishes who qualifies as an authorized agent of a voter; prohibits an agent of the voter or authorized agent from receiving no more than five absentee ballots for an election; establishes penalties for failing to deliver a ballot and interfering with a voter's marking of a ballot.

Who sponsors NY A 5629?

Jo Anne Simon is the primary sponsor of NY A 5629, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Description

Establishes who qualifies as an authorized agent of a voter; prohibits an agent of the voter or authorized agent from receiving no more than five absentee ballots for an election; establishes penalties for failing to deliver a ballot and interfering with a voter's marking of a ballot.

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

  • Jo Anne Simonprimary
  • MaryJane Shimskycosponsor
  • Rebecca Seawrightcosponsor
  • Jen Lunsfordcosponsor
  • Maritza Davilacosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-18

    REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 10372not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A5629?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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