Bill Commons

NY A 6227

in committee

Relates to removing citizenship as a qualification for holding public office

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 6227 pass?

Not yet. NY A 6227 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

What is NY A 6227 about?

Removes citizenship as a qualification for holding public office in this state unless required by law.

Who sponsors NY A 6227?

Tony Simone is the primary sponsor of NY A 6227, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Description

Removes citizenship as a qualification for holding public office in this state unless required by law.

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

  • Tony Simoneprimary
  • Phara Souffrant Forrestcosponsor
  • Emily Gallaghercosponsor
  • Jessica Gonzalez-Rojascosponsor
  • Marcela Mitaynescosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-27

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

    referral-committee

Versions

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 9866not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 1400not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 5664not in this corpus

Official source

Attribution

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

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