S 5101: 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 S 5101 does, verified July 2, 2025
The bill proposes to amend the election law to allow early voting for certain special elections held on April 29, 2025. Early voting for these special elections will begin on April 21, 2025, and end on April 27, 2025. The duration of early voting hours will be equal to or greater than the minimum number of total hours required by the law. The provisions of the bill will take effect immediately and will expire on December 31, 2025.
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Last action: SUBSTITUTED BY A5834 (2025-03-04)Alert me
Quick answers about S 5101
- What is the current status of S 5101?
- As of July 2, 2025, S 5101 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on March 4, 2025, was "SUBSTITUTED BY A5834".
- Did S 5101 pass?
- Not yet. S 5101 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 5101, and where is it now?
- S 5101 was authored by Sen. Kristen Gonzalez with 1 coauthor. It is filed under ELN, alongside 111 other New York ELN bills this session.
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| Mar. 04, 2025 | SUBSTITUTED BY A5834 |
| Mar. 03, 2025 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING |
| Feb. 26, 2025 | 2ND REPORT CAL. |
| Feb. 25, 2025 | 1ST REPORT CAL.412 |
| Feb. 18, 2025 | REFERRED TO ELECTIONS |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 18, 2025 · 290 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5101 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 18, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GONZALEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections 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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