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NY S 4796

in committee

Provides the option for candidates for office and petition witnesses not to put their address on designation petitions

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 4796 pass?

Not yet. NY S 4796 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

What is NY S 4796 about?

Relates to enacting the "Esther Salas candidate privacy act" providing the option for candidates for office and petition witnesses not to put their address on designation petitions but instead file such with the county clerk for a fee.

Who sponsors NY S 4796?

James Sanders Jr. is the primary sponsor of NY S 4796.

Description

Relates to enacting the "Esther Salas candidate privacy act" providing the option for candidates for office and petition witnesses not to put their address on designation petitions but instead file such with the county clerk for a fee.

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

  • James Sanders Jr.primary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-12

    REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

    referral-committee

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Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 5775not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2851not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4138not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S4796?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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