---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to determining how candidates are placed on a ballot for separate elections of males and females"
description: "Relates to determining how candidates are placed on a ballot for separate elections of males and females."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 280"
citation: "New York A 280 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BICHOTTE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33b923a3-4ebd-4c5c-a9f7-d6fb1319370b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A280"
source_hash: "ebaad37ea72c60fb2d12ccd00fd426d63663c3fc7824cb4b87f34a31f54ba5df"
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 280 (2017-2018) — Relates to determining how candidates are placed on a ballot for separate elections of males and females

Relates to determining how candidates are placed on a ballot for separate elections of males and females.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A280 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A280&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A280 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A280)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BICHOTTE — primary (person)
- BARRON — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
- O'DONNELL — cosponsor (person)
- PEOPLES-STOKE — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-05** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** REPORTED
- **2017-03-09** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.114
- **2017-03-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-03-13** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-03-13** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5258
- **2017-05-22** 3RD READING CAL.684
- **2017-05-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-05-22** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-08-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-21** SIGNED CHAP.173 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33b923a3-4ebd-4c5c-a9f7-d6fb1319370b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).