A 5834: Provides that early voting for any special election held on April 29, 2025 shall begin on April 21, 2025 and end on April 27, 2025; provides that the duration for early voting hours for any special election held on April 29, 2025 shall be equal to or greater than the minimum number of total hours otherwise required.
What A 5834 does, verified July 2, 2025
The bill aims to expand early voting opportunities for special elections held on April 29th, 2025. Early voting for these special elections will begin on April 21st, 2025, and end on April 27th, 2025. The duration of early voting hours for these special elections will be equal to or greater than the minimum required by law. The provisions of the bill will take effect immediately and will expire on December 31, 2025.
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Quick answers about A 5834
- What is the current status of A 5834?
- As of July 2, 2025, A 5834 is recorded as "Chaptered/Signed": it has been signed by the Governor and chaptered into law. The last recorded action, on March 7, 2025, was "delivered to governor".
- Did A 5834 pass?
- Yes. A 5834 passed both houses and was signed into law (last action March 7, 2025). New York laws take effect on the date written into the bill, often immediately on signing or a set number of days afterward.
- Who wrote A 5834, and where is it now?
- A 5834 was authored by Asm. Latrice Walker. It is filed under ELN, alongside 111 other New York ELN bills this session.
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| Mar. 07, 2025 | delivered to governor |
| Mar. 07, 2025 | signed chap.103 |
| Mar. 04, 2025 | PASSED SENATE |
| Mar. 04, 2025 | 3RD READING CAL.412 |
| Mar. 04, 2025 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S5101 |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 21, 2025 · 286 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5834 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to early voting for certain special elections; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 8-600 of the election law is amended by adding two 2 new subdivisions 2-a and 4-a to read as follows: 3 2-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, early 4 voting for any special election held on the twenty-ninth day of April in 5 the year two thousand twenty-five shall begin on the twenty-first day of 6 April in the year two thousand twenty-five, and shall end on the twen- 7 ty-seventh day of April in the year two thousand twenty-five. 8 4-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the 9 duration for early voting hours for any special election held on the 10 twenty-ninth day of April in the year two thousand twenty-five shall be, 11 in accordance with the other requirements of this section, equal to or 12 greater than the minimum number of total hours otherwise required by 13 this section. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire December 15 31, 2025 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be 16 repealed. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10023-01-5
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