New York A 4423: Clarifies that individuals have the ability to vote by absentee ballot if they are not currently incarcerated for a felony conviction

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A04423 Summary:

BILL NOA04423B

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SAME ASSAME AS S03791-A

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SPONSORDilan

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COSPNSRJacobson, Weprin, Walker, Hooks

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§2018-a & 2018-b, Ed L; amd §§84-a, 175-b & 213-b, Town L

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Clarifies that individuals have the ability to vote by absentee ballot in certain elections if they are not currently incarcerated for a felony conviction.

Go to top A04423 Actions:

BILL NOA04423B

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02/04/2025referred to election law

03/20/2025amend and recommit to election law

03/20/2025print number 4423a

05/15/2025amend (t) and recommit to election law

05/15/2025print number 4423b

05/28/2025reported referred to rules

01/07/2026referred to election law

02/11/2026reported referred to codes

02/25/2026reported 

02/26/2026advanced to third reading cal.267

Go to topA04423 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:ELECTION LAW Chair:Walker 
DATE:05/28/2025AYE/NAY:13/2 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules WalkerAyeSlaterAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecNay

Carroll RCAyeMikulinAye

TaylorAyeTagueNay

JacobsonAyeBrook-KrasnyAye

MamdaniAbsent

GallagherAye

RiveraAye

Chandler-WatermAye

WiederAye

Carroll P Aye

Committee:ELECTION LAW Chair:Walker 
DATE:02/11/2026AYE/NAY:13/1 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes WalkerAyeSlaterAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecNay

Carroll RCAyeMikulinAye

TaylorAyeTagueExcused

JacobsonAyeBrook-KrasnyAye

GallagherAbsent

RiveraAye

Chandler-WatermAye

WiederAye

Carroll P Aye

SimoneAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:02/25/2026AYE/NAY:15/4 Action: Favorable DinowitzAyeMorinelloAye

CookExcusedReillyNay

LavineAyeMikulinAye

WeprinAyeTannousisNay

HevesiAyeAngelinoNay

SeawrightExcusedMolitorNay

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAye

CruzAye

BoresAye

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezExcused

TaylorAye

Go to topA04423 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA04423 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4423--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. DILAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Election Law -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again
 reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law and the town law, in relation to clar-
 ifying that individuals have the ability to vote by absentee ballot if
 they are not currently incarcerated for a felony conviction

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 2018-a of the
 2 education law, as amended by section 8 of part LL of chapter 56 of the
 3 laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
 4 b. On the reverse side of such envelope shall be printed the following
 5 statement:

 6 STATEMENT OF ABSENTEE VOTER

 7 I do declare that I am a citizen of the United States, and will be at
 8 least eighteen years of age, on the date of the school district
 9 election; that I will have been a resident of this state and of the
 10 school district and school election district, if any, shown on the
 11 reverse side of this envelope for thirty days next preceding the said
 12 election and duly registered in the school district and school election
 13 district, if any, shown on the reverse side of this envelope and that I
 14 am or on such date will be, a qualified voter of said school district;
 15 that I will be unable to appear personally on the day of said school
 16 district election at the polling place of the said district in which I
 17 am or will be a qualified voter because of the reason stated on my
 18 application heretofore submitted; that I have not qualified, or do I
 19 intend to vote, elsewhere than as set forth on the reverse side of this

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08327-04-5

 A. 4423--B 2

 1 envelope; that I have not received or offered, do not expect to receive,
 2 have not paid, offered or promised to pay, contributed, offered or prom-
 3 ised to contribute to another to be paid or us