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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 1091: Relates to recounts of ballots conducted by the board of elections or a bipartisan committee appointed by the board

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 1091 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to recounts of ballots conducted by the board of elections or a bipartisan committee appointed by the board. Primary sponsor: Jen Lunsford (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Provides that recounts of ballots conducted by the board of elections or a bipartisan committee appointed by the board can be either done manually or via the use of any automated tool authorized for such use by the board of elections, which is independent from the voting system it is being used to recount, of all ballots for a particular contest where the margin of victory is less than or equal to 0.5% but greater than 0.25%; allows for losing candidates to deny a recount before any recount is conducted.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5 · Democratic/Working Families 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jen LunsfordPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse135
Sarah ClarkCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse136
Deborah GlickCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Yudelka TapiaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse86
Al TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Latrice WalkerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse55

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW
  2. REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source