republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2025-2026/a-1241.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2025-2026	A 1241	New York A 1241 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Jo Anne Simon	2	14	2	2025-01-09	2025-06-21	openstates	ocd-bill/f9117443-ef24-4e91-969f-75707787b142	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A1241	1be55efcf9c85963b02514b4df86411746fdf6f8edc3eeb93bbf539077d8f503	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. A1241A (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/f9117443-ef24-4e91-969f-75707787b142. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).