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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 2056: 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

S 2056 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 15, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the student voter empowerment act. Primary sponsor: Lea Webb (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 1, 2026): PRINT NUMBER 2056B.

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 3 · Democratic/Working Families 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Lea WebbPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate52
Cordell CleareCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Pat FahyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Rachel MayCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate48
Jose SerranoCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate29
James SkoufisCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate42

“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. PRINT NUMBER 2056B
  2. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION
  3. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
  4. REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
  5. PRINT NUMBER 2056A
  6. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS
  7. REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

Sources

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