New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A6590: Relates to the qualification of voters
Status: Introduced, September 25, 2026
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.
What the bill says
From the introduced text, March 6, 2025:
STATEOFNEWYORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2025-2026 Regular Sessions INASSEMBLY March 6, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 2 of the constitution, in relation to the qualifications of voters Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 1 of article 2 of the constitution shall be amended to read as follows: Section 1. Every citizen shall be entitled to vote at every election for all officers elected by the people and upon all questions submitted to the vote of the people provided that such citizen is eighteen years of age or over and shall have been a resident of this state, and of the county, city, or village for thirty days next preceding an election; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, 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. § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the next succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, …
Sponsors
- Nily Rozic (D, 25) · primary sponsor
- Emily Gallagher (D, 50)
- Carroll, Robert C. (D, 44)
- Michael Durso (R, 9)
- Alfred Taylor (D, 71)
- Steven Otis (D, 91)
- John McDonald (D, 108)
- Steven Raga (D, 30)
- Christopher Burdick (D, 93)
- Maryjane Shimsky (D, 92)
- Noah Burroughs (D, 18)
- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas (D, 34)
Latest actions
- : ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
- : OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
- : TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION
- : REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW
- : OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
- : TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION
- : REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW
Subjects: Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Common questions
- What is A6590?
- A6590 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Relates to the qualification of voters.
- What does A6590 do?
- 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.
- What is the status of A6590?
- Introduced as of September 25, 2026. Latest action: ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN (September 25, 2026).
- Who sponsored A6590?
- Nily Rozic (D, 25), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for A6590?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A6590
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