S06799 Summary:
| BILL NO | S06799 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS A07168 |
| SPONSOR | JACKSON |
| COSPNSR | FERNANDEZ |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §8-100, El L | |
| 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. | |
S06799 Text:
Go to topSTATE 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