---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the form of primary ballots; removes color requirement; repealer"
description: "Relates to the form of primary ballots; removes color requirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 7606"
citation: "New York A 7606 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LAVINE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-13"
last_action: "2019-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d9c865b-b737-4d1e-b420-ea10ecdd15d4"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A7606"
source_hash: "91ee0808a4475a6f4c2478c275a1c9bc645c89d2019ba8d12de60cba6747a200"
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 7606 (2019-2020) — Relates to the form of primary ballots; removes color requirement; repealer

Relates to the form of primary ballots; removes color requirement.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7606** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7606&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **40–21** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- LAVINE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-13** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22** REPORTED
- **2019-05-23** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.458
- **2019-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-03** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-03** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5839
- **2019-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.904
- **2019-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-03** SIGNED CHAP.66 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d9c865b-b737-4d1e-b420-ea10ecdd15d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).