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Home/Bills/S 6799New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
Senate BillPassed first houseELN

S 6799: Prohibits a court from bifurcating the primary elections for members of the state and county committees and assembly district leaders and associate district leaders and all other party positions to be elected and all nominations for public office required to be made at a primary election in such year, except presidential primaries.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 9, 2026

What S 6799 does, verified January 9, 2026

The bill aims to prevent courts from changing the date of primary elections that combine offices and nominations in the same election. This change applies to non-presidential primary elections only. The bill takes effect immediately, effectively prohibiting courts from altering the primary election date for these combined elections.

Bill journey
✓IntroducedComplete
✓In CommitteeComplete
✓First Chamber FloorComplete
4Second ChamberCurrent
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO ELECTIONS (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 6799
What is the current status of S 6799?
As of January 9, 2026, S 6799 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 January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO ELECTIONS".
Did S 6799 pass?
Not yet. S 6799 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 6799, and where is it now?
S 6799 was authored by Sen. Robert Jackson with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Senate Elections. It is filed under ELN, alongside 111 other New York ELN bills this session.
Author and sponsors
Sen. Robert JacksonAuthor · New York State Senate
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Coauthors
Nathalia Fernandez
Recent actions10 total · showing 5
Jan. 07, 2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
Jan. 07, 2026returned to senate
Jan. 07, 2026died in assembly
Jun. 05, 2025referred to election law
Jun. 05, 2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
Full action history, 5 earlier actionsConnect Plus
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 24, 2025 · 197 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6799 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE March 24, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting a court from bifurcating certain primary elections The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 8-100 of the election law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 5 to read as follows: 3 5. (a) No court shall issue an order changing the date of a primary 4 election which bifurcates the offices and positions to be elected and 5 nominations to be made as part of the same primary election pursuant to 6 paragraph (a) of subdivision one of this section. 7 (b) The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to any presi- 8 dential primary. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10996-01-5
Text of S 6799 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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