republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/s-1851.md

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Bill	Relates to state party names; repealer	Prohibits a state party from using the word "Independent" or "Independence" in its name.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2021-2022	S 1851	New York S 1851 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	SKOUFIS	2	23	5	2021-01-16	2022-12-09	openstates	ocd-bill/4fcb539d-495e-47ee-8412-b966054e0f9a	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S1851	2f8fc4381e633ace2309bdaa2b49aae56e4b1398808604c3983b65c10518f458	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York S 1851 (2021-2022) — Relates to state party names; repealer

Prohibits a state party from using the word "Independent" or "Independence" in its name.

Version chain

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

1. S1851 (committee substitute) — source
2. S1851A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Elections Vote — 4–2 (pass) · upper
• Elections Vote — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 100–45 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote - Version: A — 41–20 (pass) · upper
• Floor Vote — 43–20 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• SKOUFIS — primary (person)
• BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
• BROUK — cosponsor (person)
• KRUEGER — cosponsor (person)
• LIU — cosponsor (person)
• MAY — cosponsor (person)
• MAYER — cosponsor (person)
• THOMAS — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-16 REFERRED TO ELECTIONS referral-committee
• 2021-05-11 1ST REPORT CAL.1052
• 2021-05-12 2ND REPORT CAL.
• 2021-05-19 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• 2021-06-07 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2021-06-07 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2021-06-07 REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW referral-committee
• 2022-01-05 DIED IN ASSEMBLY
• 2022-01-05 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2022-01-05 REFERRED TO ELECTIONS referral-committee
• 2022-05-11 1ST REPORT CAL.1316
• 2022-05-16 AMENDED 1851A amendment-passage
• 2022-05-16 2ND REPORT CAL.
• 2022-05-17 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• 2022-05-24 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2022-05-24 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2022-05-24 REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW referral-committee
• 2022-05-25 SUBSTITUTED FOR A1819A
• 2022-05-25 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.423
• 2022-05-25 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2022-05-25 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2022-12-02 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2022-12-09 SIGNED CHAP.671 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4fcb539d-495e-47ee-8412-b966054e0f9a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).