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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to furnishing money or entertainment to induce attendance at polls; repealer"
+description: "Repeals provisions criminalizing the furnishing of items with a nominal value to induce attendance at polls."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "A 1241"
+citation: "New York A 1241 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jo Anne Simon"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-09"
+last_action: "2025-06-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9117443-ef24-4e91-969f-75707787b142"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A1241"
+source_hash: "1be55efcf9c85963b02514b4df86411746fdf6f8edc3eeb93bbf539077d8f503"
+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 A 1241 (2025-2026) — Relates to furnishing money or entertainment to induce attendance at polls; repealer
+
+Repeals provisions criminalizing the furnishing of items with a nominal value to induce attendance at polls.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A1241** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1241&term=2025&Text=Y)
+2. **A1241A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A1241A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **94–47** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **44–18** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jo Anne Simon — primary (person)
+- Al Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+- Albert A. Stirpe — cosponsor (person)
+- Alex Bores — cosponsor (person)
+- Amanda Septimo — cosponsor (person)
+- Amy Paulin — cosponsor (person)
+- Catalina Cruz — cosponsor (person)
+- Charles Fall — cosponsor (person)
+- Deborah Glick — cosponsor (person)
+- Grace Lee — cosponsor (person)
+- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffrey Dinowitz — cosponsor (person)
+- John Zaccaro Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jonathan Jacobson — cosponsor (person)
+- Khaleel Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Manny De Los Santos — cosponsor (person)
+- Maritza Davila — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Novakhov — cosponsor (person)
+- Tony Simone — cosponsor (person)
+- Yudelka Tapia — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-09** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-20** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTION LAW `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-20** PRINT NUMBER 1241A `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-03-25** REPORTED
+- **2025-03-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.70
+- **2025-05-15** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-05-15** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2025-05-15** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7281
+- **2025-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1544
+- **2025-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-06-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-21** SIGNED CHAP.156 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9117443-ef24-4e91-969f-75707787b142`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+