Assembly Bill A7804

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Changes party enrollment of voters where the enrolled party contained the word "Independence" or "Independent"

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Current Bill Status Via S923 - Passed Assembly

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A7804 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S923
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §5-312, El L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A9567, S8224

2025-A7804 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Changes party enrollment of voters where the enrolled party contained the word "Independence" or "Independent" to not being enrolled in any party.

2025-A7804 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7804
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to changing party enroll-
   ment of voters where the enrolled party contained the word  "Independ-
   ence" or "Independent"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new  section  5-312
 to read as follows:
   §  5-312.  ENROLLMENT;  UNENROLLMENT  FROM CERTAIN PARTIES. ANY PERSON
 ENROLLED IN A PARTY WHICH INCLUDES THE WORDS  "INDEPENDENCE"  OR  "INDE-
 PENDENT"  SHALL  HAVE  THEIR VOTER ENROLLMENT CHANGED SUCH THAT THEY ARE
 NOT ENROLLED IN ANY PARTY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03191-01-5

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