New York S 8604: Moves the date of the presidential primary to the first Tuesday in March

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S08604 Summary:

BILL NOS08604 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09310

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSRGIANARIS, BAILEY, COMRIE, COONEY, FAHY, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER,
 LIU, MAY, MAYER, MYRIE, PARKER, PERSAUD, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SCARCELLA-SPANTON,
 SEPULVEDA, SUTTON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §8-100, El L

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Moves the date of the presidential primary to the first Tuesday in March, also known as Super Tuesday.

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BILL NOS08604 

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12/05/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

01/12/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

01/12/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.6

01/12/2026PASSED SENATE

01/12/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

01/12/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8604

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 December 5, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, GIANARIS, BAILEY, COMRIE, FAHY, FERNANDEZ,
 GOUNARDES, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MYRIE, PARKER, PERSAUD, RAMOS,
 RIVERA, SANDERS, SCARCELLA-SPANTON, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Rules

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to moving the date of the
 presidential primary to the first Tuesday in March

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 8-100 of the
 2 election law, as amended by chapter 5 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 (a) A primary election shall be held on the fourth Tuesday in June
 5 before every general election unless otherwise changed by an act of the
 6 legislature. Members of the state and county committees and assembly
 7 district leaders and associate district leaders and all other party
 8 positions to be elected shall be elected at such primary and all nomi-
 9 nations for public office required to be made at a primary election in
 10 such year shall be made at such primary. In each year in which electors
 11 of president and vice president of the United States are to be elected
 12 an additional primary election[, to be known as the spring primary,]
 13 shall also be held on the first Tuesday in [February] March unless
 14 otherwise changed by an act of the legislature, for the purpose of
 15 electing delegates to the national convention.
 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13965-01-5

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