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A 5513: Exempts party position elections which occur during a primary election from automatic full manual recounts.
What A 5513 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to exempt party position elections from automatic full manual recounts. This means that elections for party positions, which occur during primary elections, will no longer be subject to full manual recounts. The change will take effect immediately.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to election law (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5513
- What is the current status of A 5513?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 5513 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 5513 pass?
- Not yet. A 5513 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5513, and where is it now?
- A 5513 was authored by Asm. Jo Anne Simon. Its committee of record is Assembly Election Law.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to election law |
| Feb. 14, 2025 | referred to election law |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 14, 2025 · 152 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5513 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to exempting party posi- tion elections from automatic full manual recounts The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 9-208 of the election law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows: 3 (f) This subdivision shall not apply to any election for a party posi- 4 tion which occurs during a primary election. 5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06684-01-5
Text of A 5513 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions