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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 2688: Requires the board of elections to check all registered voter's citizenship and lawful permanent resident status and requires all voters to show government issued identification to vote

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 2688 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 22, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires the board of elections to check all registered voter's citizenship and lawful permanent resident status and requires all voters to show government issued identification to vote. Primary sponsor: Keith Brown (Republican/Conservative/Independence). It lists 8 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.

Requires the board of elections to check all registered voter's citizenship and lawful permanent resident status; requires all voters to show government issued identification to vote.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 4 · Republican/Conservative 3 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Keith BrownPrimary sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse12
Ken BlankenbushCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse117
Lester ChangCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse49
Joe DeStefanoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse3
Jarett GandolfoCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceHouse7
Brian ManktelowCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse130
Dave McDonoughCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14
Andrew MolitorCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeHouse150
Phil PalmesanoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse132

“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