---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to candidate declination"
description: "Provides that a person designated as a candidate for two or more party nominations for an office to be filled at the time of a general election who is not nominated at a primary election by one or more such parties may decline the nomination of one or more parties not later than ten days after the primary election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 613"
citation: "New York S 613 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb247e53-938a-41db-8a15-722114891461"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S613"
source_hash: "3c0aa0d11b65923f20ce02232cfc6bdc8240e535e183c53d285c4971dd260646"
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 613 (2021-2022) — Relates to candidate declination

Provides that a person designated as a candidate for two or more party nominations for an office to be filled at the time of a general election who is not nominated at a primary election by one or more such parties may decline the nomination of one or more parties not later than ten days after the primary election.

## Version chain

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

1. **S613** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S613&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S613A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S613A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **49–14** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–3** (pass) · lower
- Elections Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MAY — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MYRIE — cosponsor (person)
- REICHLIN-MELNICK — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** 1ST REPORT CAL.1050
- **2021-05-12** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-19** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-06-01** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 613A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-09** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4142A
- **2021-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.705
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-07-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-16** SIGNED CHAP.276 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb247e53-938a-41db-8a15-722114891461`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).