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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 5851: Requires elections and terms of certain officials occur on even-numbered years

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 5851 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on March 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires elections and terms of certain officials occur on even-numbered years. Primary sponsor: James Skoufis (Democratic). It lists 10 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.

Requires certain elections take place in even-numbered years for certain municipal and judicial officials.

Sponsors

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

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
James SkoufisPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate42
Cordell CleareCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Leroy ComrieCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Jeremy CooneyCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate56
Pete HarckhamCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Brad Hoylman-SigalCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Robert JacksonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate31
Rachel MayCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate48
Sean RyanCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
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. OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
  2. TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION
  3. REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
  4. OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
  5. TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION
  6. REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

Sources

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