New York S 6799: Prohibits a court from bifurcating certain primary elections

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S06799 Summary:

BILL NOS06799 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07168

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSRFERNANDEZ

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §8-100, El L

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Prohibits a court from bifurcating the primary elections for members of the state and county committees and assembly district leaders and associate district leaders and all other party positions to be elected and all nominations for public office required to be made at a primary election in such year, except presidential primaries.

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BILL NOS06799 

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03/24/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

05/06/20251ST REPORT CAL.961

05/07/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/08/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2025PASSED SENATE

06/05/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/05/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6799

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered print-
 ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting a court
 from bifurcating certain primary elections

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

 1 Section 1. Section 8-100 of the election law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
 3 5. (a) No court shall issue an order changing the date of a primary
 4 election which bifurcates the offices and positions to be elected and
 5 nominations to be made as part of the same primary election pursuant to
 6 paragraph (a) of subdivision one of this section.
 7 (b) The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to any presi-
 8 dential primary.
 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10996-01-5

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