New York S 6253: Authorizes Church of God and Saints of Christ to file an application for certain real property tax exemptions in the City of Albany

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S06253 Summary:

BILL NOS06253A

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SAME ASSAME AS A06741-A

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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Amd §7-118, El L

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Requires state and county boards of elections to post sample ballots online at least twelve days prior to the first day of early voting; requires such ballots to be posted in a searchable database.

Go to top S06253 Actions:

BILL NOS06253A

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03/07/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

05/16/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS

05/16/2025PRINT NUMBER 6253A

05/28/20251ST REPORT CAL.1333

05/29/20252ND REPORT CAL.

06/04/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

05/20/20261ST REPORT CAL.1313

05/21/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/26/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/29/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A6741A

&nbspA06741 AMEND=A Simone (MS)

&nbsp03/11/2025referred to election law

&nbsp05/14/2025amend and recommit to election law

&nbsp05/14/2025print number 6741a

&nbsp05/28/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp05/29/2025reported 

&nbsp05/29/2025rules report cal.331

&nbsp05/29/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.331

&nbsp06/09/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/09/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp01/07/2026DIED IN SENATE

&nbsp01/07/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp01/07/2026ordered to third reading cal.172

&nbsp05/04/2026passed assembly

&nbsp05/04/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp05/04/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

&nbsp05/29/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S6253A

&nbsp05/29/20263RD READING CAL.1313

&nbsp05/29/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp05/29/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6253--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 7, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring state and
 county boards of elections to post sample ballots

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 7-118 of the election law, as
 2 separately amended by chapters 410 and 411 of the laws of 2019, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 3. Sample ballots may be mailed by the board of elections to each
 5 eligible voter at least three days before the [election, or in lieu
 6 thereof, a copy of such sample ballot may be published at least once
 7 within one week preceding the election in newspapers or on a website
 8 maintained by the board of elections] first day of early voting. Each
 9 county board of elections shall transmit electronically in a format to
 10 be determined by the state board of elections, as it is available, a
 11 copy [of the candidate and contest information contained on each of its
 12 ballot styles] of a sample ballot for all election districts within that
 13 county to the state board of elections. [The state board shall create a
 14 system to allow such information to be made publicly available via its
 15 website, as well as the website of any county board of elections, and in
 16 such a way as to be accessible with a computer screen-reading program.]
 17 § 2. Section 7-118 of the election law is amended by adding two new
 18 subdivisions 3-a and 3-b to read as follows:
 19 3-a. The state board of elections shall post a sample ballot for each
 20 election district in the state on the board's website at least twelve
 21 days prior to the first day of early voting. The board shall post such
 22 sample ballots in a searchable database which allows voters to obtain
 23 polling site information, voter district information and a sample ballot

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07649-03-5

 S. 6253--A 2

 1 that such voter shall be eligible to cast at the next election. Sample
 2 ballots shall have an embedded security tool to prevent tampering and
 3 printing of such sample ballots.
 4 3-b. Each county board of elections may post a sampl