Senate Bill S3231

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the qualification of voters

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  • 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-S3231 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6590
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 2 §1, Constn

2025-S3231 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the qualification of voters; provides that a citizen who is seventeen years of age at the time of a primary election and who will be eighteen years of age at the time of the general election for which such primary election is held, shall be eligible to vote in such primary election.

2025-S3231 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3231 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3231
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 24, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 2 of the constitution, in
   relation to the qualifications of voters

   Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 1 of  arti-
 cle 2 of the constitution shall be amended to read as follows:
   Section  1.  Every citizen shall be entitled to vote at every election
 for all officers elected by the people and upon all questions  submitted
 to  the  vote of the people provided that such citizen is eighteen years
 of age or over and shall have been a resident of this state, and of  the
 county,  city,  or  village  for thirty days next preceding an election;
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT A CITIZEN WHO IS SEVENTEEN YEARS OF AGE AT   THE
 TIME  OF A PRIMARY ELECTION AND WHO WILL BE EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE AT THE
 TIME OF THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR WHICH SUCH PRIMARY  ELECTION  IS  HELD,
 SHALL  BE  ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN SUCH PRIMARY ELECTION.
   § 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing be referred
 to the first  regular  legislative  session  convening  after  the  next
 succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in conform-
 ity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be published for 3
 months previous to the time of such election.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD89058-01-5



              

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