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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Modifies the order in which candidates appear on the ballot"
+description: "Modifies the order in which candidates appear on the ballot; requires that offices shall be listed on the ballot in descending order based on the size of the electorate and requires certain federal offices to be listed before state, county or local offices."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "S 5943"
+citation: "New York S 5943 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["James Skoufis"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2023-03-23"
+last_action: "2024-08-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49d4fcb6-2621-4779-8636-59e4099c1da5"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S5943"
+source_hash: "5fd0c7c13aa2a62f7ca84b16f062be389d32cf6c45f6f33e042f881436d28d6a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York S 5943 (2023-2024) — Modifies the order in which candidates appear on the ballot
+
+Modifies the order in which candidates appear on the ballot; requires that offices shall be listed on the ballot in descending order based on the size of the electorate and requires certain federal offices to be listed before state, county or local offices.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S5943** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5943&term=2023&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Elections Vote — **5–2** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **96–48** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote — **45–17** (pass) · upper
+- Elections Vote — **5–2** (pass) · upper
+- Rules Vote — **17–4** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote — **44–14** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- James Skoufis — primary (person)
+- John Liu — cosponsor (person)
+- Leroy Comrie — cosponsor (person)
+- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+- Roxanne J. Persaud — cosponsor (person)
+- Zellnor Myrie — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-23** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.781
+- **2023-05-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2023-05-15** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2023-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2023-06-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2023-06-01** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-03** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-08** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.7
+- **2024-01-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2024-01-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-01-08** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-28** SUBSTITUTED FOR A725
+- **2024-05-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.23
+- **2024-05-28** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2024-05-28** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2024-08-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-08-06** SIGNED CHAP.217 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49d4fcb6-2621-4779-8636-59e4099c1da5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+