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Assembly Bill A7168

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits a court from bifurcating certain primary elections

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2025-A7168 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6799
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §8-100, El L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10389, S944

2025-A7168 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2025-A7168 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7168
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Election Law
 
 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:

   Section 1. Section 8-100 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5.  (A)  NO  COURT SHALL ISSUE AN ORDER CHANGING THE DATE OF A PRIMARY
 ELECTION WHICH BIFURCATES THE OFFICES AND POSITIONS TO  BE  ELECTED  AND
 NOMINATIONS  TO BE MADE AS PART OF THE SAME PRIMARY ELECTION PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   (B) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO  ANY  PRESI-
 DENTIAL PRIMARY.
   § 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

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