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NY S 6799

in committee

Prohibits a court from bifurcating certain primary elections

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did NY S 6799 pass?

Not yet. NY S 6799 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

What is NY S 6799 about?

Prohibits a court from bifurcating the primary elections for members of the state and county committees and assembly district leaders and associate district leaders and all other party positions to be elected and all nominations for public office required to be made at a primary election in such year, except presidential primaries.

Who sponsors NY S 6799?

Robert Jackson is the primary sponsor of NY S 6799, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Prohibits a court from bifurcating the primary elections for members of the state and county committees and assembly district leaders and associate district leaders and all other party positions to be elected and all nominations for public office required to be made at a primary election in such year, except presidential primaries.

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

  • Robert Jacksonprimary
  • Nathalia Fernandezcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-07

    DIED IN ASSEMBLY

  2. 2026-01-07

    RETURNED TO SENATE

  3. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-06-05

    PASSED SENATE

    passage

  5. 2025-06-05

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  6. 2025-06-05

    REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-05-08

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  8. 2025-05-07

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  9. 2025-05-06

    1ST REPORT CAL.961

  10. 2025-03-24

    REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Elections Vote

    2025-05-06 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Samra Brouk: yes
    • Kristen Gonzalez: yes
    • Brian Kavanagh: yes
    • Shelley Mayer: yes
    • Zellnor Myrie: yes
    • George Borrello: no
    • Mark Walczyk: no

  • Floor Vote

    2025-06-05 · pass · 37-23

    Member-level votes (63)
    • Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.: yes
    • Jamaal Bailey: yes
    • April Baskin: yes
    • Jabari Brisport: yes
    • Samra Brouk: yes
    • Siela Bynoe: yes
    • Cordell Cleare: yes
    • Leroy Comrie: yes
    • Jeremy Cooney: yes
    • Patricia Fahy: yes
    • Nathalia Fernandez: yes
    • Michael Gianaris: yes
    • Kristen Gonzalez: yes
    • Andrew Gounardes: yes
    • Pete Harckham: yes
    • Michelle Hinchey: yes
    • Brad Hoylman-Sigal: yes
    • Robert Jackson: yes
    • Brian Kavanagh: yes
    • Liz Krueger: yes
    • John Liu: yes
    • Rachel May: yes
    • Shelley Mayer: yes
    • Zellnor Myrie: yes
    • Kevin S. Parker: yes
    • Roxanne J. Persaud: yes
    • Gustavo Rivera: yes
    • Christopher Ryan: yes
    • Julia Salazar: yes
    • James Sanders Jr.: yes
    • Jessica Scarcella-Spanton: yes
    • Luis R. Sepúlveda: yes
    • José M. Serrano: yes
    • Toby Ann Stavisky: yes
    • Andrea Stewart-Cousins: yes
    • Sam Sutton: yes
    • Lea Webb: yes
    • Jake Ashby: no
    • George Borrello: no
    • Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick: no
    • Stephen T. Chan: no
    • Patrick M. Gallivan: no
    • Joseph A. Griffo: no
    • Pamela Helming: no
    • Andrew J. Lanza: no
    • Monica Martinez: no
    • Jack M. Martins: no
    • Mario Mattera: no
    • Dean Murray: no
    • Thomas F. O'Mara: no
    • Robert Ortt: no
    • Anthony H. Palumbo: no
    • Steve Rhoads: no
    • Robert Rolison: no
    • James Skoufis: no
    • Dan Stec: no
    • James Tedisco: no
    • Mark Walczyk: no
    • William Weber: no
    • Alexis Weik: no
    • Peter Oberacker: excused
    • Jessica Ramos: excused
    • Sean Ryan: excused

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 944not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 7168

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S6799?summary=&detail=

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