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S 5575: Establishes fraud relating to voter registration forms as a class B misdemeanor; prohibits individuals and organizations from distributing applications for voter registration forms with marked or checked party affiliation boxes.
What S 5575 does, verified February 7, 2026
The proposed law aims to prevent fraud in the voter registration process. A person can be guilty of this offense if they distribute a voter registration form with altered party enrollment information. The penalty for this offense is a fine of one thousand dollars for each instance, in addition to any other applicable penalties. The law defines "person" to include various entities, including individuals, organizations, and government agencies. This law is a class B misdemeanor. The law takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO CODES (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 5575
- What is the current status of S 5575?
- As of February 7, 2026, S 5575 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 CODES".
- Did S 5575 pass?
- Not yet. S 5575 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 5575, and where is it now?
- S 5575 was authored by Sen. Andrew Lanza with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Senate Codes.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO CODES |
| Feb. 25, 2025 | REFERRED TO CODES |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 25, 2025 · 308 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5575 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 25, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing an offense for fraud relating to voter registration forms The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 190.90 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 190.90 Fraud relating to voter registration forms. 4 1. A person shall be guilty of fraud relating to voter registration 5 forms if they knowingly distribute a voter registration form, by mail, 6 electronically, or by any other means to a voter or applicant, with 7 knowledge that the boxes or circles for party enrollment on such form 8 have been marked by a person other than such voter or applicant before 9 such form is distributed. 10 2. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this article or of any 11 other law, any person convicted under this section shall be punished by 12 a fine of one thousand dollars for each such offense in addition to any 13 other applicable penalties. 14 3. For the purposes of this section, the term "person" includes a 15 natural person, a party organization, an association, board, any corpo- 16 ration, whether municipal, stock or non-stock, court, governmental agen- 17 cy, authority or subdivision, partnership or other firm and the state. 18 Fraud relating to voter registration forms is a class B misdemeanor. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09653-01-5
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