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Assembly Bill A5234

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Eliminates the ability of judicial candidates enrolled in a particular party to automatically be allowed to run as a candidate in another party's primary election

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2025-A5234 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1102
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6-120, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A8179, S7556
2023-2024: A1127, S8454

2025-A5234 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eliminates the ability of judicial candidates for office who are enrolled in a particular party to automatically be allowed to run as a candidate in another party's primary election.

2025-A5234 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5234
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 12, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JACOBSON,  SHIMSKY, DINOWITZ, OTIS, BURDICK,
   PAULIN, GIBBS, KIM, REYES, LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to  the
   Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to eliminating the ability
   of  judicial  candidates  for  office who are enrolled in a particular
   party to automatically be allowed to run as  a  candidate  in  another
   party's primary election
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 6-120  of  the  election  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  373  of  the  laws  of 1978, is amended to read as
 follows:
   4. This section shall not apply to a political  party  designating  or
 nominating  candidates  for the first time[,] OR to candidates nominated
 by party caucus[, nor to candidates for judicial offices].
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03658-01-5

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