S 8471

New York Senate bill in Session 2025-2026.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: January 7, 2026.

Requires facsimile ballots and sample ballots to be provided in additional languages.

Bill ID NY-2025-2026-S-8471
Session 2025-2026
Status in_committee
Committee Elections
Senate in_committee 2026-01-07
Elections / Voting
Summary

Requires a board of elections or political subdivision that is required to provide language assistance to a particular language-minority group to provide facsimile ballots and sample ballots in such language.

Sponsor
John Liu
Official Source Back to Bills
Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
2025-08-06 Introduced Bill introduced
2026-01-07 Status in_committee
2026-01-07 Latest Action In Senate Committee
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