---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removes the requirement of publishing a candidate's residence prior to an election"
description: "Removes the requirement of publishing a candidate's residence prior to an election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 2786"
citation: "New York S 2786 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AKSHAR"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a6ce865-7c20-4d81-a250-0a469cd56d03"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S2786"
source_hash: "5b99880c9ccb14212266187aa314d416da3f3a43e654ab217e820f5f28ea6201"
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 2786 (2017-2018) — Removes the requirement of publishing a candidate's residence prior to an election

Removes the requirement of publishing a candidate's residence prior to an election.

## Version chain

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

1. **S2786 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2786&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S2786 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S2786)

## Votes

- Elections Vote — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **55–6** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- AKSHAR — primary (person)
- GALLIVAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** 1ST REPORT CAL.316
- **2017-03-07** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2017-03-08** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2017-05-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-05-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-05-22** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5588
- **2017-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.345
- **2017-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-09-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-09-13** SIGNED CHAP.310 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a6ce865-7c20-4d81-a250-0a469cd56d03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).