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Home/Bills/S 6259New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
Senate BillPassed first houseELN

S 6259: Requires colleges in the state to communicate all absentee deadlines for New York state elections to all enrolled students.

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

What S 6259 does, verified June 3, 2026

The bill requires educational institutions in New York State to notify enrolled students of the deadline to apply for absentee ballots at least three times a month, prior to the official submission deadline, for all village, city, primary, special, and general elections in New York State. This notification must be sent through the institution's website or via email. The bill defines a college as any institution of higher education recognized and approved by the Regents of the University of the State of New York. The notification requirement takes effect immediately.

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Last action: referred to election law (2026-06-02)Alert me
Quick answers about S 6259
What is the current status of S 6259?
As of June 3, 2026, S 6259 is recorded as "Passed first house": it has passed the chamber it started in and is now before the second chamber. The last recorded action, on June 2, 2026, was "referred to election law".
Did S 6259 pass?
Not yet. S 6259 has passed its house of origin and is now before the second chamber, where it needs committee approval and a floor vote.
Who wrote S 6259, and where is it now?
S 6259 was authored by Sen. James Skoufis. Its committee of record is Assembly Election Law. It is filed under ELN, alongside 111 other New York ELN bills this session.
Author and sponsors
Sen. James SkoufisAuthor · New York State Senate
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Recent actions8 total · showing 5
Jun. 02, 2026referred to election law
Jun. 02, 2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
Jun. 02, 2026PASSED SENATE
May. 26, 2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
May. 21, 20262ND REPORT CAL.
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 7, 2025 · 253 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6259 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE March 7, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 requiring educational institutions in the state to communicate all absentee ballot deadlines for New York state elections The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 4-120 of the election law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 3 4. (a) All public and private colleges in the state shall send notifi- 4 cations to all enrolled students of the deadline to apply for absentee 5 ballots on such educational institution websites or through email at 6 least three times one month prior to the official submission deadline, 7 for all village, city, primary, special, and general elections in New 8 York state. 9 (b) For the purposes of this subdivision, "college" shall mean any 10 institution of higher education, recognized and approved by the regents 11 of the university of the state of New York, which provides a course of 12 study leading to the granting of a post-secondary degree or diploma. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09363-01-5
Text of S 6259 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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