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NY A 5790

in committee

Relates to the qualifications of voters and civic education of students

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 5790 pass?

Not yet. NY A 5790 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 5790 about?

Lowers the voting age to 16 years; requires that students receive education in civics and be given the opportunity to register to vote in the classroom.

Who sponsors NY A 5790?

Robert C. Carroll is the primary sponsor of NY A 5790, joined by 15 cosponsors.

Description

Lowers the voting age to 16 years; requires that students receive education in civics and be given the opportunity to register to vote in the classroom.

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

  • Robert C. Carrollprimary
  • William Coltoncosponsor
  • Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyncosponsor
  • Rebecca Seawrightcosponsor
  • Alicia Hyndmancosponsor
  • Albert A. Stirpecosponsor
  • Jeffrey Dinowitzcosponsor
  • Latrice Walkercosponsor
  • Jo Anne Simoncosponsor
  • Andrew Hevesicosponsor
  • Crystal Peoples-Stokescosponsor
  • Al Taylorcosponsor
  • Harvey Epsteincosponsor
  • Ron Kimcosponsor
  • Anna Kellescosponsor
  • Manny De Los Santoscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-20

    REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 6839not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3339not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 635not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 274not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 9994

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A5790?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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