---
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).