---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to early voting for certain special elections"
description: "Provides that early voting for any special election held on April 29, 2025 shall begin on April 21, 2025 and end on April 27, 2025; provides that the duration for early voting hours for any special election held on April 29, 2025 shall be equal to or greater than the minimum number of total hours otherwise required."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 5834"
citation: "New York A 5834 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Latrice Walker"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33179a1e-f869-46bd-86ce-102bd45c8a48"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A5834"
source_hash: "10b82bda67de22c35a6166092e7c7c5cdfc3462885dd083bf0e3b2f8e157ac0c"
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 5834 (2025-2026) — Relates to early voting for certain special elections

Provides that early voting for any special election held on April 29, 2025 shall begin on April 21, 2025 and end on April 27, 2025; provides that the duration for early voting hours for any special election held on April 29, 2025 shall be equal to or greater than the minimum number of total hours otherwise required.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5834** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5834&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **53–8** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Latrice Walker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** REPORTED
- **2025-02-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.46
- **2025-03-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-03-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-03-04** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5101
- **2025-03-04** 3RD READING CAL.412
- **2025-03-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-03-04** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-03-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-07** SIGNED CHAP.103 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33179a1e-f869-46bd-86ce-102bd45c8a48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).