A 5419: Provides a tax credit for persons who vote in a special general election.
What A 5419 does, verified January 9, 2026
The Civil Participation Credit Act would establish a tax credit for voting in special or general elections. This credit would allow individual taxpayers who are resident voters to receive a credit equal to $50 against the tax imposed by the state, to be allowed in the taxable year the election took place. No more than one such credit would be allowed in a taxable year. If the credit exceeds the taxpayer's tax for the year, the excess would be treated as an overpayment of tax and refunded, without interest. The term "participates" would mean having satisfied the identification processes for the special or general election, as defined by the Election Law. The act would take effect immediately and apply to taxable years beginning on or after the date the act became law.
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Last action: referred to ways and means (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5419
- What is the current status of A 5419?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 5419 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 ways and means".
- Did A 5419 pass?
- Not yet. A 5419 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5419, and where is it now?
- A 5419 was authored by Asm. Alex Bores. Its committee of record is Assembly Ways & Means. It is filed under TAX, alongside 323 other New York TAX bills this session.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to ways and means |
| Feb. 14, 2025 | referred to ways and means |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 14, 2025 · 366 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5419 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BORES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing a tax credit for voting in a special or general election The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "civil 2 participation credit act". 3 § 2. Section 606 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection 4 (qqq) to read as follows: 5 (qqq) Voting in general election credit. (1) Allowance of credit. An 6 individual taxpayer who is a resident voter and participates in a 7 special or general election for any state office shall be allowed a 8 credit against the tax imposed by this article equal to fifty dollars, 9 to be allowed in the taxable year in which such special or general 10 election took place. No more than one such credit shall be allowed in a 11 taxable year. 12 (2) Application of credit. If the amount of the credit allowed under 13 this subsection for any taxable year exceeds the taxpayer's tax for such 14 year, the excess shall be treated as an overpayment of tax to be credit- 15 ed or refunded in accordance with the provisions of section six hundred 16 eighty-six of this article, provided, however, that no interest shall be 17 paid thereon. 18 (3) For the purposes of this subsection, the term "participates" shall 19 mean having satisfied any of the identification processes for such 20 special or general election, pursuant to section 8-304, section 8-410 or 21 section 8-708 of the election law. 22 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable 23 years beginning on or after January first next succeeding the date this 24 act shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09243-01-5
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