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A 5061: Requires that county committees meet no earlier than one day after the June primary is certified.
What A 5061 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill proposes to amend the election law in New York. The county committee will meet no earlier than one day after the June primary is certified and no later than October 6th following the June primary. Until the organization meeting, the existing county committee will continue to exercise its authority. After the organization meeting, the new county committee will assume all the authority vested in the previously organized county committee. The bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to election law (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5061
- What is the current status of A 5061?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 5061 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to election law".
- Did A 5061 pass?
- Not yet. A 5061 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5061, and where is it now?
- A 5061 was authored by Asm. Jonathan Jacobson with 3 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Election Law.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to election law |
| Feb. 11, 2025 | referred to election law |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 11, 2025 · 212 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5061 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 11, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON, EACHUS, LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the date on which a county committee shall meet The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 2-112 of the 2 election law, as added by chapter 42 of the laws of 2019, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 (b) Every county committee shall meet no earlier than [September5seventeenth] one day after the June primary is certified and no later 6 than October sixth following the June primary. Until such organization 7 meeting, the existing county committee shall exercise all legal authori- 8 ty. Upon the conclusion of such organization meeting, the new county 9 committee shall assume all legal authority vested in the previously 10 organized county committee. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02336-01-5
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