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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 5751: Removes ten day advance voter registration requirement

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 5751 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Removes ten day advance voter registration requirement. Primary sponsor: Michael Gianaris. It lists 29 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 3, 2026): OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY.

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.

Amends the constitution to delete the requirement that registration for purposes of voting be completed at least ten days before election day; provides that laws be made to adequately safeguard against deception in the exercise of the right of suffrage.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 12 · Democratic/Working Families 15

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Michael GianarisPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Jamaal BaileyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate36
Samra BroukCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate55
Cordell CleareCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Leroy ComrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Jeremy CooneyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate56
Pat FahyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46
Simcha FelderCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Andrew GounardesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Pete HarckhamCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Michelle HincheyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate41
Brad Hoylman-SigalCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Brian KavanaghCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Liz KruegerCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate28
John LiuCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Rachel MayCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate48
Shelley MayerCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate37
Zellnor MyrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Kevin ParkerCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate21
Roxanne PersaudCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate19
Jessica RamosCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate13
Gustavo RiveraCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate33
Julia SalazarCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate18
James SandersCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate10
Luis SepúlvedaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Jose SerranoCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate29
James SkoufisCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate42
Toby StaviskyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Andrea Stewart-CousinsCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate35

“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. OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
  2. TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION
  3. REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
  4. COMMITTED TO RULES
  5. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  6. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  7. 1ST REPORT CAL.638
  8. OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
  9. TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION
  10. REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

Sources

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