| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jan 08, 2025 |
referred to elections |
Senate Bill S877
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 36th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 12th Senate District
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
(D, WF) 37th Senate District
2025-S877 (ACTIVE) - Details
2025-S877 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S877
SPONSOR: BAILEY
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the election law, in relation to the age requirement for
voting in a primary election
PURPOSE:
To allow United States citizens who are seventeen years of age to vote
in the primary election, including a presidential primary, if such citi-
zen will be eighteen years of age by the date of the corresponding
general election.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill amends the Election Law by adding a new subdivision to the
relevant section that allows citizens who are seventeen years of age to
vote in a primary election, including a presidential primary, if such
citizen will be eighteen years of age by the date of the corresponding
general election.
2025-S877 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
877
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sens. BAILEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, MAYER -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Elections
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the age requirement for
voting in a primary election
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 5-102 of the election law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
4. THE PROVISIONS HEREIN WITH RESPECT TO THE AGE REQUIREMENT FOR
PURPOSES OF QUALIFYING TO VOTE SHALL NOT PROHIBIT UNITED STATES CITIZENS
OTHERWISE QUALIFIED, WHO ARE SEVENTEEN YEARS OF AGE, FROM VOTING IN A
PRIMARY ELECTION, INCLUDING A PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY, IF SUCH CITIZEN WILL
BE EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE BY THE DATE OF THE CORRESPONDING GENERAL
ELECTION.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02127-01-5
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