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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 3231: Relates to the qualification of voters

Passed one chamber 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 3231 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 24, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to the qualification of voters. Primary sponsor: Jamaal Bailey (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 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.

Relates to the qualification of voters; provides that a citizen who is seventeen years of age at the time of a primary election and who will be eighteen years of age at the time of the general election for which such primary election is held, shall be eligible to vote in such primary election.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Democratic/Working Families 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jamaal BaileyPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate36
Erik BottcherCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate47
Nathalia FernándezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Andrew GounardesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Michelle HincheyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate41
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Shelley MayerCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate37
Julia SalazarCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18
Luis SepúlvedaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32

“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. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  3. PASSED SENATE
  4. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  5. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  6. 1ST REPORT CAL.480
  7. OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
  8. TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION
  9. REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
  10. RETURNED TO SENATE
  11. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  12. REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

Showing 12 most recent of 19 actions. Full history

Sources

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