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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 3954: Enacts the student voter empowerment act

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 3954 is a bill introduced in the New York House on January 30, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the student voter empowerment act. Primary sponsor: Steven Raga (Democratic). It lists 18 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 3, 2026): ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.444.

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.

Enacts the "student voter empowerment act"; requires each institution of higher education to designate a staff member to act as a student voting coordinator; requires such coordinator to develop and implement a student voting action plan to increase student voter registration and voting and democratic participation among students.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 14 · Democratic/Working Families 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Steven RagaPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Noah BurroughsCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse18
Emily GallagherCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse50
Jessica González-RojasCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse34
Rebecca KassayCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse4
John McDonaldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse108
Marcela MitaynesCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse51
Amy PaulinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse88
Karines ReyesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse87
Linda RosenthalCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse67
Rebecca SeawrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Sarahana ShresthaCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse103
Jo Anne SimonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Tony SimoneCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse75
Al TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Claire ValdezCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse37
David WeprinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse24
Jordan WrightCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse70
Stefani ZinermanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse56

“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. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.444
  2. RULES REPORT CAL.444
  3. REPORTED
  4. REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
  5. REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS
  6. PRINT NUMBER 3954B
  7. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTION LAW
  8. REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW
  9. PRINT NUMBER 3954A
  10. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTION LAW
  11. REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

Sources

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