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Home/Bills/S 1960New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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S 1960: Allows only citizens to vote at elections.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified February 3, 2026

What S 1960 does, verified February 3, 2026

<p>This bill proposes an amendment to the state constitution to allow only citizens to vote at elections. To be eligible to vote, a citizen must be at least 18 years old and a resident of the state and county or city or village for at least 30 days prior to an election.</p>

Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY (2026-02-03)Alert me
Recent actions6 total · showing 5
Feb. 03, 2026OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Jan. 08, 2026TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION
Jan. 07, 2026REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Jan. 31, 2025OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Jan. 14, 2025REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 14, 2025 · 250 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1960 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 2 of the constitution, in relation to allowing only citizens to vote at elections 1 Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 1 of arti- 2 cle 2 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: 3 Section 1. [Every citizen] Only citizens shall be entitled to vote at 4 every election for all officers elected by the people and upon all ques- 5 tions submitted to the vote of the people provided that such citizen is 6 eighteen years of age or over and shall have been a resident of this 7 state, and of the county, city, or village for thirty days next preced- 8 ing an election. 9 § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment 10 be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the 11 next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in 12 conformity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be 13 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD89046-01-5 
Text of S 1960 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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