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NY S 877

in committee

Relates to the age requirement for voting in a primary election

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 877 pass?

Not yet. NY S 877 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 877 about?

Allows a U.S. citizen, who is seventeen years of age, to vote in a primary election, including presidential, if such citizen will turn eighteen by the date of the corresponding general election.

Who sponsors NY S 877?

Jamaal Bailey is the primary sponsor of NY S 877, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Description

Allows a U.S. citizen, who is seventeen years of age, to vote in a primary election, including presidential, if such citizen will turn eighteen by the date of the corresponding general election.

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

  • Jamaal Baileyprimary
  • Michael Gianariscosponsor
  • Brad Hoylman-Sigalcosponsor
  • Shelley Mayercosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    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 7783not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1277not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 5006not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 2201not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3363not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S877?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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