New York S 923: Changes party enrollment of voters where the enrolled party contained the word "Independence" or "Independent"
Status: VETOED MEMO.77 (as of 2025-12-05)
State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 923
Sponsors: James Skoufis, Rachel May
Bill Text
Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly • • • • • • • • Skip to main content New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie --> --> --> • Assembly Members • Legislative Info • Public Hearings • Speaker's Press • Assembly Reports • Committees & More • Bill Search Home • Laws • Legislative Calendar • Public Hearing Schedule • Assembly Calendars • Assembly Committee Agenda Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. - This bill is not active in this session. Bill No.: • Summary • Actions • Committee Votes • Floor Votes • Memo • Text • LFIN • Chamber Video/Transcript S00923 Summary: BILL NOS00923   SAME ASSAME AS A07804   SPONSORSKOUFIS   COSPNSRMAY   MLTSPNSR   Add §5-312, El L   Changes party enrollment of voters where the enrolled party contained the word "Independence" or "Independent" to not being enrolled in any party. Go to top S00923 Actions: BILL NOS00923   01/08/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS 02/10/20251ST REPORT CAL.292 02/11/20252ND REPORT CAL. 02/12/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 03/10/2025PASSED SENATE 03/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY 03/10/2025referred to election law 05/29/2025substituted for a7804 05/29/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.345 05/29/2025passed assembly 05/29/2025returned to senate 12/01/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR 12/05/2025VETOED MEMO.77 Go to topS00923 Committee Votes: Go to topS00923 Floor Votes: DATE:05/29/2025Assembly Vote YEA/NAY: 135/10Yes Alvarez Yes Carroll P Yes Friend Yes Lee Yes Peoples-Stokes Yes Slater Yes Anderson Yes ‡ Carroll RC Yes Gallagher Yes Lemondes Yes Pheffer Amato Yes Smith No Angelino Yes Chandler-Waterm Yes Gallahan Yes Levenberg Yes Pirozzolo Yes Smullen Yes Bailey No Chang Yes Gandolfo Yes Lucas Yes Pretlow Yes Solages Yes Barclay Yes Chludzinski Yes Gibbs Yes Lunsford No Ra Yes Steck Yes Barrett Yes Clark No Giglio Yes Lupardo Yes Raga No Stern Yes Beephan Yes Colton Yes Glick Yes Magnarelli Yes Rajkumar Yes Stirpe Yes Bendett Yes Conrad Yes Gonzalez-Rojas No Maher Yes Ramos Yes Tague Yes Benedetto Yes Cook Yes Gray ER Mamdani Yes Reilly Yes Tannousis ER Berger Yes Cruz Yes Griffin Yes Manktelow Yes Reyes Yes Tapia Yes Bichotte Hermel Yes Cunningham Yes Hawley Yes McDonald Yes Rivera Yes Taylor Yes Blankenbush Yes Dais Yes Hevesi Yes ‡ McDonough Yes Romero Yes Torres Yes Blumencranz Yes ‡ Davila Yes Hooks Yes McMahon Yes Rosenthal Yes Valdez Yes Bologna Yes De Los Santos Yes Hunter Yes Meeks Yes Rozic Yes Vanel Yes Bores Yes DeStefano Yes Hyndman Yes Mikulin Yes Santabarbara Yes Walker Yes Brabenec Yes Dilan Yes Jackson Yes Miller Yes Sayegh Yes Walsh Yes Braunstein Yes Dinowitz Yes Jacobson Yes Mitaynes Yes Schiavoni Yes Weprin Yes Bronson No DiPietro Yes Jensen Yes Molitor ER Seawright Yes Wieder Yes Brook-Krasny No Durso Yes Jones Yes Morinello Yes Sempolinski ER Williams No Brown EA Yes Eachus Yes Kassay Yes Norber Yes Septimo Yes Woerner Yes Brown K Yes Eichenstein Yes Kay Yes Novakhov Yes Shimsky Yes Wright Yes Burdick Yes Epstein Yes Kelles Yes O'Pharrow Yes Shrestha Yes Yeger Yes Burke Yes Fall Yes Kim Yes Otis Yes Simon Yes Zaccaro Yes Burroughs No Fitzpatrick Yes Lasher Yes Palmesano Yes Simone Yes Zinerman Yes Buttenschon Yes Forrest ER Lavine Yes Paulin Yes Simpson Yes Mr. Speaker ‡ Indicates voting via videoconference Go to topS00923 Text: STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 923 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 changing party enroll- ment of voters where the enrolled party contained the word "Independ- ence" or "Independent" The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 5-312 2 to read as follows: 3 § 5-312. Enrollment; unenrollment from certain parties. Any person 4 enrolled in a party which includes the words "Independence" or "Inde- 5 pendent" shall have their voter enrollment changed such that they are 6 not enrolled in an
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