Senate BillPassed first house
S 8604: Moves the date of the presidential primary to the first Tuesday in March, also known as Super Tuesday.
What S 8604 does, verified September 15, 2026
The proposed bill aims to amend the election law in New York State. It would move the date of the presidential primary election to the first Tuesday in March. Currently, the primary election is held on the fourth Tuesday in June. The bill would also establish an additional primary election, known as the spring primary, to elect delegates to the national convention. This new primary election would take place on the first Tuesday in March, unless otherwise changed by the legislature. The bill would take effect immediately.
Bill journey
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Last action: referred to election law (2026-01-12)Alert me
Quick answers about S 8604
- What is the current status of S 8604?
- As of September 15, 2026, S 8604 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 12, 2026, was "referred to election law".
- Did S 8604 pass?
- Not yet. S 8604 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 8604, and where is it now?
- S 8604 was authored by Sen. James Skoufis with 12 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Election Law.
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| Jan. 12, 2026 | referred to election law |
| Jan. 12, 2026 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY |
| Jan. 12, 2026 | PASSED SENATE |
| Jan. 12, 2026 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.6 |
| Jan. 12, 2026 | REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, December 5, 2025 · 314 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8604 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE December 5, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, GIANARIS, BAILEY, COMRIE, FAHY, FERNANDEZ, GOUNARDES, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MYRIE, PARKER, PERSAUD, RAMOS, RIVERA, SANDERS, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to moving the date of the presidential primary to the first Tuesday in March The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 8-100 of the 2 election law, as amended by chapter 5 of the laws of 2019, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 (a) A primary election shall be held on the fourth Tuesday in June 5 before every general election unless otherwise changed by an act of the 6 legislature. Members of the state and county committees and assembly 7 district leaders and associate district leaders and all other party 8 positions to be elected shall be elected at such primary and all nomi- 9 nations for public office required to be made at a primary election in 10 such year shall be made at such primary. In each year in which electors 11 of president and vice president of the United States are to be elected 12 an additional primary election[, to be known as the spring primary,] 13 shall also be held on the first Tuesday in [February] March unless 14 otherwise changed by an act of the legislature, for the purpose of 15 electing delegates to the national convention. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13965-01-5
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