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NY S 6253

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Requires state and county boards of elections to post sample ballots online at least twelve days prior to the first day of early voting

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 6253 pass?

The current status of NY S 6253 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-05-29): SUBSTITUTED BY A6741A

What is NY S 6253 about?

Requires state and county boards of elections to post sample ballots online at least twelve days prior to the first day of early voting; requires such ballots to be posted in a searchable database.

Who sponsors NY S 6253?

James Skoufis is the primary sponsor of NY S 6253.

Description

Requires state and county boards of elections to post sample ballots online at least twelve days prior to the first day of early voting; requires such ballots to be posted in a searchable database.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-05-29 — SUBSTITUTED BY A6741A
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • James Skoufisprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-07

    REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-16

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  3. 2025-05-16

    PRINT NUMBER 6253A

    amendment-passage

  4. 2025-05-28

    1ST REPORT CAL.1333

  5. 2025-05-29

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  6. 2025-06-04

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  7. 2025-06-13

    COMMITTED TO RULES

    referral-committee

  8. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

    referral-committee

  9. 2026-05-20

    1ST REPORT CAL.1313

  10. 2026-05-21

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  11. 2026-05-26

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  12. 2026-05-29

    SUBSTITUTED BY A6741A

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Elections Vote - Version: A

    2025-05-28 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • George Borrello: yes
    • Samra Brouk: yes
    • Kristen Gonzalez: yes
    • Brian Kavanagh: yes
    • Shelley Mayer: yes
    • Zellnor Myrie: yes
    • Mark Walczyk: yes

  • Elections Vote - Version: A

    2026-05-20 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Samra Brouk: yes
    • Kristen Gonzalez: yes
    • Brian Kavanagh: yes
    • Shelley Mayer: yes
    • Zellnor Myrie: yes
    • George Borrello: yes
    • Mark Walczyk: yes

Related bills

  • substituted-by: A 6741A
  • Prior session: S 7426not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 6741

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S6253?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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