New York A 7862: Permits political parties to perform certain functions without forming county committees

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A07862 Summary:

BILL NOA07862A

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SAME ASSAME AS S07111-A

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SPONSORLevenberg

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COSPNSRShrestha, Anderson

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §16-110, El L

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Permits political parties to designate or nominate candidates for positions to be filled by all the voters, and perform other functions without forming county committees.

Go to top A07862 Actions:

BILL NOA07862A

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04/11/2025referred to election law

06/05/2025amend and recommit to election law

06/05/2025print number 7862a

06/09/2025reference changed to ways and means

06/12/2025reported referred to rules

06/17/2025reported 

06/17/2025rules report cal.871

06/17/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.871

06/17/2025substituted by s7111a

&nbspS07111 AMEND=A HARCKHAM

&nbsp04/01/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

&nbsp06/05/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS

&nbsp06/05/2025PRINT NUMBER 7111A

&nbsp06/09/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

&nbsp06/09/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1641

&nbsp06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/11/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/11/2025referred to ways and means

&nbsp06/17/2025substituted for a7862a

&nbsp06/17/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.871

&nbsp06/17/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/17/2025returned to senate

&nbsp12/08/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp12/19/2025SIGNED CHAP.701

Go to topA07862 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/12/2025AYE/NAY:24/10 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyeRaNay

GlickAyeFitzpatrickNay

ColtonAyeHawleyNay

CookAyeBlankenbushNay

BenedettoAyePalmesanoNay

WeprinExcusedWalshNay

RamosAyeDeStefanoNay

BraunsteinAyeManktelowNay

McDonaldAyeSmullenNay

RozicAyeGiglioNay

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAye

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

EpsteinAye

SeptimoAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/17/2025AYE/NAY:21/9 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayNay

PretlowAyeHawleyNay

CookAyeBlankenbushNay

GlickAyeRaNay

DinowitzAyeBrabenecNay

ColtonAyePalmesanoNay

MagnarelliAyeReillyNay

PaulinAyeSmithNay

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenNay

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA07862 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA07862 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7862--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. LEVENBERG, SHRESTHA, ANDERSON -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Election Law -- committee discharged,
 bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
 committee

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to permit political
 parties to perform certain functions without forming county committees

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 16-110 of the election law is
 2 amended and a new subdivision 3 is added to read as follows:
 3 2. The [chairman] chairperson of the county committee of a party with
 4 which a voter is enrolled in such county, or, in the absence of a county
 5 committee in such county, a person elected for such purpose by a majori-
 6 ty vote of the state committee of the party at a regular or special
 7 meeting of the party at which a quorum is present, may, upon a written
 8 complaint by an enrolled member of such party in such county and after a
 9 hearing held by [him] such person or by a sub-committee appointed by
 10 [him] such person upon at least two days' notice to the voter,
 11 personally or by mail, determine that the voter is not in sympathy with
 12 the principles of such party. The Supreme Court or a justice thereof
 13 within the judicial district, in a proceeding instituted by a duly
 14 enrolled voter of the party at least ten days before a primary election,
 15 shall direct the enrollment of such voter to be cancelled if it appears
 16 from the proceedings before such [chairman] person or sub-committee, and
 17 other proofs, if any, presented, that such determ