New York S 6996: Relates to the dates to file a designating petition

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S06996 Summary:

BILL NOS06996 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01223

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SPONSORGONZALEZ

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§6-158 & 6-134, El L

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Relates to the dates to file a designating petition; provides for the repeal of such provisions.

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BILL NOS06996 

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03/28/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

05/06/20251ST REPORT CAL.963

05/07/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/08/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A1223

&nbspA01223 AMEND= Bores

&nbsp01/09/2025referred to election law

&nbsp05/28/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp05/29/2025reported 

&nbsp05/29/2025rules report cal.290

&nbsp05/29/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.290

&nbsp05/29/2025passed assembly

&nbsp05/29/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp05/29/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

&nbsp06/05/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S6996

&nbsp06/05/20253RD READING CAL.963

&nbsp06/05/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/05/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp12/01/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp12/05/2025signed chap.577

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6996

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GONZALEZ -- 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 dates to file a
 designating petition; and providing for the repeal of such provisions
 upon expiration thereof

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 6-158 of the election law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
 3 1-a. Notwithstanding the time fixed in subdivision one of this
 4 section, for the year two thousand twenty-six, such designating petition
 5 required to be filed by such subdivision shall be filed not earlier than
 6 the thirteenth Monday before, and not later than the twelfth Monday
 7 preceding the primary election.
 8 § 2. Section 6-134 of the election law is amended by adding a new
 9 subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
 10 4-a. Notwithstanding the time fixed in subdivision four of this
 11 section, for the year two thousand twenty-six, a signature made earlier
 12 than forty-one days before the last day to file designating petitions
 13 for the primary election, or a signature made later than the twelfth
 14 Thursday preceding the primary election, shall not be counted.
 15 § 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026 and shall expire
 16 December 31, 2026 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall
 17 be deemed repealed.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02184-01-5

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