---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits political parties to perform certain functions without forming county committees"
description: "Permits political parties to designate or nominate candidates for positions to be filled by all the voters, and perform other functions without forming county committees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 7111"
citation: "New York S 7111 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pete Harckham"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-01"
last_action: "2025-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/457803ac-7fcc-46bf-be94-f83d63450cdd"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7111"
source_hash: "887ca98590513eca281b6e94ff1576b7dd8ba5ff591c16528871209fc09148a0"
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 7111 (2025-2026) — Permits political parties to perform certain functions without forming county committees

Permits political parties to designate or nominate candidates for positions to be filled by all the voters, and perform other functions without forming county committees.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7111** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7111&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S7111A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7111A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **37–22** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **82–49** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pete Harckham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-01** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-05** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-05** PRINT NUMBER 7111A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-09** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1641
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-11** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7862A
- **2025-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.871
- **2025-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.701 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/457803ac-7fcc-46bf-be94-f83d63450cdd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).