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A 6685: Relates to the filling of vacancies for elective offices in villages with November elections; provides such vacancies shall be filled in accordance with subdivision one of section forty-two of the public officers law.
What A 6685 does, verified July 2, 2025
The bill aims to amend the village law to address the filling of vacancies in elective offices in villages with November elections. The new provision states that if a village holds elections on the same day as the general election, the vacancy will be filled according to the rules of the public officers law. This change ensures consistency and clarity in the process of filling vacancies in villages.
Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: substituted by s4483 (2025-05-27)Alert me
Quick answers about A 6685
- What is the current status of A 6685?
- As of July 2, 2025, A 6685 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on May 27, 2025, was "substituted by s4483".
- Did A 6685 pass?
- Not yet. A 6685 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 6685, and where is it now?
- A 6685 was authored by Asm. Steven Otis.
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| May. 27, 2025 | substituted by s4483 |
| May. 27, 2025 | ordered to third reading rules cal.267 |
| May. 27, 2025 | rules report cal.267 |
| May. 27, 2025 | reported |
| May. 20, 2025 | reported referred to rules |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 7, 2025 · 183 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6685 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 7, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the village law, in relation to filling vacancies in elective offices in villages with November elections 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 3 of section 3-312 of the 2 village law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 3 to read as 3 follows: 4 (3) Whenever a village, pursuant to section 15-104 of the election 5 law, has provided that village elections shall occur on the day of the 6 general election such vacancy shall be filled in accordance with subdi- 7 vision one of section forty-two of the public officers law. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08430-01-5
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