S 6996: Relates to the dates to file a designating petition; provides for the repeal of such provisions.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6996 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE March 28, 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 the dates to file a designating petition; 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 6-158 of the election law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows: 3 1-a. Notwithstanding the time fixed in subdivision one of this 4 section, for the year two thousand twenty-six, such designating petition 5 required to be filed by such subdivision shall be filed not earlier than 6 the thirteenth Monday before, and not later than the twelfth Monday 7 preceding the primary election. 8 § 2. Section 6-134 of the election law is amended by adding a new 9 subdivision 4-a to read as follows: 10 4-a. Notwithstanding the time fixed in subdivision four of this 11 section, for the year two thousand twenty-six, a signature made earlier 12 than forty-one days before the last day to file designating petitions 13 for the primary election, or a signature made later than the twelfth 14 Thursday preceding the primary election, shall not be counted. 15 § 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026 and shall expire 16 December 31, 2026 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall 17 be deemed repealed. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02184-01-5