Bill Commons

NY S 5965

in committee

Relates to enacting voting rights expansion act; repealer

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 5965 pass?

Not yet. NY S 5965 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 5965 about?

Relates to voting rights expansion, voter registration on election day, expansion of the use of and requirements for absentee voting, creation of a real-time state wide voter registration database, special ballots for election employees, and voter affidavits.

Who sponsors NY S 5965?

Kevin S. Parker is the primary sponsor of NY S 5965, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Relates to voting rights expansion, voter registration on election day, expansion of the use of and requirements for absentee voting, creation of a real-time state wide voter registration database, special ballots for election employees, and voter affidavits.

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

  • Kevin S. Parkerprimary
  • Luis R. Sepúlvedacosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-04

    REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 1697not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4299not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4808not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 6008not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1770not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 5446not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S5965?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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