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A 7809: Enacts the young adult voter registration act; requires each public high school within the state to make voter registration forms available to all students.
What A 7809 does, verified January 8, 2026
The Young Adult Voter Registration Act aims to increase voter registration among young adults. The state will make voter registration materials available to all public high school students during the school year. Each school district will distribute a voter registration form to students who are 17 or older and will turn 18 at the next general election. The state education department will ensure that voter registration forms are available in each high school's main office and provide adequate notice to students. The department will also request a sufficient quantity of forms from the board of elections to meet the requirements. The act will take effect on the 30th day after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to election law (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7809
- What is the current status of A 7809?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 7809 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 7809 pass?
- Not yet. A 7809 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7809, and where is it now?
- A 7809 was authored by Asm. Latrice Walker. Its committee of record is Assembly Election Law.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to election law |
| Apr. 11, 2025 | referred to election law |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 11, 2025 · 373 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7809 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 11, 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 enacting the young adult voter registration act 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 "young 2 adult voter registration act". 3 § 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 5-231 to read 4 as follows: 5 § 5-231. Young adult voter registration. 1. Registration of voters. 6 Each public high school within the state shall make available during the 7 school year to all students such materials as may be published by the 8 board of elections relating to voter registration and, where appropri- 9 ate, shall provide applications for registration and enrollment, and may 10 assist in the execution of such applications. 11 2. Registration of young adults. Each school district shall distrib- 12 ute a voter registration form to any student seventeen years old or 13 older that will be eighteen years old at the time of the next general 14 election. 15 3. Forms to be available at school. The state education department 16 shall ensure that voter registration forms provided by the board of 17 elections are available in the main or central office of each high 18 school under the jurisdiction of the department for students who wish to 19 obtain one. The department shall also ensure that each such high school 20 provides adequate notice to its students of the availability of such 21 forms in its main or central office. 22 4. Sufficient quantity of forms. The department shall request from the 23 board of elections a sufficient quantity of voter registration forms to 24 meet the requirements of this section. 25 § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 26 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06955-01-5
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